mulch, mulch, mulch, mulch, mulch….

Summer is almost here. Some days it feels like it is here. The soil is going to dry out very quickly with a few hot dry days, so to protect our plants and all the lovely soil life we’ve built up over autumn, winter and spring, it is absolutely essential to MULCH!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t stress this enough.

Mulch not only breaks down over time, slowly feeding the soil and your plants but it also creates a barrier between the hot drying suns rays and the lovely moisture and life in the soil. Bare ground very quickly dries out, which means that you need to water the plants more often. In this day and age of water restrictions this isn’t always possible or ethical. So, it all comes back to MULCH!!!!!

For some more in depth info on mulch visit Pip’s Tips on mulching

Happy mulching….