Reflections.: Mulches

» RobertHamilton - Mulches

In response to message posted by Gary:

Sorry to hear about the fence Gary.

I am doing some agonising on what to use as a mulch on our new bed for summer dormant bulbs. We have used pine bark in the general garden , pea straw on the vegie patch (now mostly peas !!) and lately the by- product of the huge wattle which blew down at my surgery a couple of months ago. The latter was the chopped up smaller branches and has proved to be quite attractive and reasonably resistant to removal by wind - an important consideration when one lives at the end of the roaring 40's.

I have considered using pebbles or crushed rock and am interested to hear your negative comments Gary. I quite liked the look of the quartz pebbles RR used on one of his beds.

I have also wondered about leaving mulch off all together because the bulbs going in the new bed all enjoy a dry summer rest and a mulch will slow the drying process. Then again its easy to manage the weeds in the middle of summer when full of enthusiasm planting a new bed - but that enthusiasm for pulling weeds will not be so great in 6 months time.

I will be interested to hear more ideas.

-- posted by RobertHamilton