Mulch, and Compost, and Sheet Mulching Oh My!

Hello everyone! This week we have received mulch to start our sheet mulching! We got it absolutely free from Davey's Tree Service via Craigslist. We advocate using things like Craigslist, Facebook, etc. to find great deals such as this. Sheet mulching (as it breaks down) will provide a really good topsoil without needing to till the ground. It will also be used in our raised bed gardening. Sheet mulching is basically lasagna gardening, which just means you make a really good soil by stacking different components on top of each other. We are going to make ours by using(from bottom to top) a layer of manure, then a layer of cardboard, a layer of manure, a layer of mulch, a layer of hay, and then a layer of compost. This provides a really good soil for gardening.

This is an example of sheet mulching. The picture comes from, http://www.cedarmill.org/news/410/gfx/sheet-mulch.gif

 

This is our gigantic pile of mulch! (Isn't it awesome!)Thanks again to Davey's Tree Service for the awesome pile of mulch. More updates to come! Love, The Deans