Wednesday, April 7, 2021

No-dig: Garlic bed, which was mulched thickly with leaves, soil nice and soft!

Wow!  The soil in the garlic bed by the kitchen door, which I mulched thickly with mown leaves last fall, is nice and soft, very easy to put my hand in.  (Discovered this this spring while moving a few garlics to fill in gaps.)

This makes me really want to try some no-dig beds, starting this coming fall by doing a thick mown-leaf mulch.  It's a lot of work to collect the leaves especially since they mow down to nothing, so it takes a LOT of leaves and mowing, but, if it means not maiming worms etc. next spring, it will be worth it. 

I'm thinking next year the entire kitchen window bed, the air conditioner beds, and at least part of the west bed would be good candidates.  

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