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easttx_hippie · April 18, 2010

I like to use 6-8 layers of newspaper to cover the potting mix/soil. I give that a good soaking and then pile on a few inches of shredded leaves that I keep piled up near my garden. It holds in the water quite well and helps in my war on weeds. I've had to pull a couple of weeds every week or so since I started using this plan of attack. Before that I was watering and pulling weeds daily....and sometimes it was like an endless battle against the weeds. At times they seemed to grow back at one end of the garden before I could get to the other end.....and the other end was only ten feet away.

April 18, 2010	#2
easttx_hippie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Piney Wood Hills Posts: 423	A mulching we will go I like to use 6-8 layers of newspaper to cover the potting mix/soil. I give that a good soaking and then pile on a few inches of shredded leaves that I keep piled up near my garden. It holds in the water quite well and helps in my war on weeds. I've had to pull a couple of weeds every week or so since I started using this plan of attack. Before that I was watering and pulling weeds daily....and sometimes it was like an endless battle against the weeds. At times they seemed to grow back at one end of the garden before I could get to the other end.....and the other end was only ten feet away.