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9781612124445

How to Mulch Save Water, Feed the Soil, and Suppress Weeds. A Storey BASICS®Title

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  • ISBN13:

    9781612124445

  • ISBN10:

    1612124445

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2014-12-16
  • Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

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Summary

Mulch your way to a vibrant and healthy home landscape. Profiling a variety of techniques that include sheet mulches, feeding mulches, and living mulches, Stu Campbell and Jennifer Kujawski help you choose the best mulching strategy for your backyard, vegetable garden, or flower bed. You’ll be amazed at how properly mulching can both beautify your outdoor space and ease your gardening life by retaining moisture, keeping weeds in check, protecting young plants, and boosting production. 

Author Biography

The late Stu Campbell lived and gardened in Stowe, Vermont. He was the author of Let It Rot!, a guide to home composting with over 340,000 copies in print; Mulch It!; and The Home Water Supply.

Jennifer Kujawski grew up helping in the family garden. She has many memories of the experience, both fond (eating peas straight from the pods) and not-so-fond (squashing potato beetles between rocks). Jennifer earned degrees in botany and horticulture and worked as the assistant manager of USDA’s National Plant Materials Center in Beltsville, Maryland. She has written articles for numerous publications, including American Nurseryman and Native Plants Journal and was one of the authors of the Community Forest Buffer Guide (Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 2001).  Jennifer currently works as a freelance writer and editor for such organizations as University of Massachusetts Extension, USDA’s Forest Service, and Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association. She is passing along the family gardening tradition to her young son in the 2,000 square foot vegetable garden she tends with her father.

Table of Contents

Part One:  The Whys and Whats of Mulching
   
   The Benefits of Mulching
   
   Some Drawbacks to Mulching
   
   A Few Definitions

Part Two:  Types of Mulch
  
   Bark and Wood Products

   Other Plant Products
 
   Paper Mulches

   Inorganic Mulches

   How to Choose a Mulch

Part Three: Here's How to Mulch

   Mulching 101
 
   Mulching Ornamentals

   Mulching Vegetables

   Mulching Perennial Fruits

Index

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