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Originally Posted by operamommy  Teeny (long time no see, btw!) I started mulching my tomato plants with grass clippings after noticing that a friend did it. She said just to be careful not to mulch right up against the plants so as not to "burn" them and to also watch because the clippings will form a map over time that will make it difficult for water to get through.
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Hi there operamommy!!
I hadn't thought about the "burning" of them. I put sundried grass clippings on the plants and they seem to be ok so far.
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Originally Posted by gr8tfulmom I have always used grass clippings, my ma did her garden this way for 30 years. Nice soft paths and adds a bit of N to green things up too  : |
Ah, I like hearing something has been done for many years. As I walked along the lawn gathering up grass, I felt pretty earthy, I must say.
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Originally Posted by Greenmama2AJ One of the principles of organic gardening is to try to leave as little bare soil as possible. Bare soil will grow weeds. So try to plant ground cover, herbs are great, or put down mulch.
Mulch in bags is dyed and fumigated, so I avoid that stuff. I use pea straw and green mulch (woodchips).
You can kill weeds with boiling water. They wilt straight away and then die after a day or two. Weeds are also easier to pull in the morning. Good luck.
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Ground covers are something that intrigues me, but I don't understand much about. So you can plant in between such a cover? Can you explain that a little.
Interesting tip about the boiling water! I never knew that. I wonder if I can isolate the weeds well enough.
I am on an anti-
beggar tick mission this season. Those little seeds are obnoxious. Last summer I was too post-partummed to really get to it, but by golly not a one of them is coming anywhere close to flowering if I can help it. Wood sorrel, wild strawberries, if I don't get them, no problem. But I cannot abide those beggar ticks. Harrumph!
