How to Stock Up on Valuable Mulch for Free: A Method That Will Save You Thousands
We invite you to play an exciting game – guess from the description what kind of mulching material is being discussed.
Ready? Let's go - this mulch doesn't cost a penny, and it contains sphagnum moss, wild rosemary, oregano and other light herbs that grow in swamps.
Surely you have guessed that we will talk about a type of shelter called peat.
To provide yourself with enough mulching material for the entire area, you should go to the marshy area for high-moor peat.
Peat from the very top layers of soil is prepared as follows: first, you will have to remove the top layer of soil with a shovel, and then, with a sharper shovel, “cut out” the required amount of peat.
Don't forget to dry the "catch" at home, and also deoxidize the future mulch.
To do this, you will need to mix it by adding dolomite flour or lime. For 10 kg of peat, you need 1.5 kg of dolomite or 400-600 g of lime.
If you are going to mulch trees, the layer should be at least 7 cm. If we are talking about other plants, the thickness of the mulch layer can vary within 5-6 cm.
