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The importance of mulch this time of year
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YOU ARE PUTTING ME TO WORK TODAY. THAT’S RIGHT. LET THE RECORD STAND THAT I SHOVELED THIS PILE OF MULCH. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT MULCH. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT THIS TIME OF YEAR? WELL, A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE, WE JUST PUT A NEW TREE IN HERE. WE’VE HAD A DROUGHT. NOW I DON’T KNOW. I MEAN, SINCE OCTOBER AND WE’VE HAD EARLIER ONE IN THE SUMMERTIME. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MULCH DOES, IT HELPS KEEP THE THE MOISTURE IN THE SOIL AND LETS IT HOLD A LITTLE BIT. IT ALSO KEEPS WEEDS OUT. AND NOW THAT WE’VE HAD A COUPLE OF FROSTS, IT ALSO HELPS KEEP THE SOIL WARM. SO THAT’S GREAT. SO YOU CAN USE A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR MULCH. YOU CAN USE THE LEAVES IN YOUR GARDEN. AND I’M JUST USING THAT HERE ON THIS. I’M MAKING A RING BASICALLY. AND SO THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PILES. WHAT’S IN. WELL THIS IS COMPOST. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY LEAF GROW. BUT I HAVE A LOT OF THIS IN MY YARD. JUST JUST STUFF THAT I’VE KEPT IN A PILE. AND I TURN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. AND I ENDED UP WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL COMPOST. SO YOU CAN USE THIS. YOU CAN ALSO USE SHREDDED HARDWOOD LIKE YOU’RE USING AND SHREDDED HARDWOOD IS GOOD BECAUSE IT DOES KIND OF KNIT TOGETHER. NOW A COUPLE OF THINGS. WHEN YOU DO MULCH, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T TOUCH THE PLANTS. KEEP THE RING AROUND. YOU’RE STILL GOOD. YEAH, YOU’RE STILL FINE. GOOD TO KNOW. AND WE DON’T REALLY WANT TO GO. YOU KNOW, TOO HIGH, MAYBE THREE INCHES, TWO INCHES OR SO. AND DEPENDING ON YOUR SIZE OF THE TREE, THIS IS STILL A SMALL TREE. SO BRINGING THIS IN A LITTLE BIT ISN’T GOING TO HURT. OKAY. A LITTLE BIT MORE A LITTLE BIT FINE. AND THAT’S GOING TO HELP KEEP EVERYTHING GOING. BUT YOUR BIGGER TREES, YOU WANT TO HAVE A PRETTY DECENT SIZE MULCH BED UNDER THAT. IN MOST CASES. SO THE TREE GETS THE WATER AND IT’S NOT COMPETING WITH WEEDS. IT’S NOT COMPETING WITH LIKE A LITTLE OTHER STUFF. IT DOES. YEAH. SO IT’S A GREAT WAY TO DO IT. IT ALSO HELPS. IT’S A PLACE FOR INSECTS TO BE. THE OTHER REASON YOU DON’T PUT IT ALL THE WAY UP AGAINST A TREE IS HAVE YOU EVER SEEN VOLES? THE LITTLE LIKE FIELD MICE. THEY GET INTO THE MULCH AND THEY’LL GO UP AND THEY’LL ACTUALLY FEED ON THE TREE. OH, INTERESTING. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT AREA OPEN. YEAH. EVEN SO, WHEN IT SNOWS, YOU CAN GO AROUND. YOU WANT TO STOMP DOWN AROUND THE TREE TO MAKE SURE THEY DON’T TUNNEL IN THAT WAY. AND LET THE RECORD STAND. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE DO WITH THEIR LEAVES? YOU CAN MOW YOUR LEAVES INTO THE LAWN IF THERE’S TOO MANY. YOU CAN PUT THEM IN YOUR COMPOST PILE. YOU CAN ALSO PUT THEM IN YOUR PERENNIAL BEDS AND USE THEM AS MULCH. AND THAT’S A WAY TO KEEP BUTTERFLY LARVAE AROUND AN AWFUL LOT OF THE GOOD INSECTS. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE LIKE FOR OUR GARDENS. YEAH, I LOVE THAT YOU TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO JUST MOW MY LEAVES, BUT I DID HAVE TO RAKE A PILE THIS YEAR FOR THE KIDS AND THEN I MOWED IT. BUT I DID. YEAH, I WANT MY LAWN. JUST WON’T TAKE SO I DON’T PUT LEAVES THERE. BUT YEAH, THAT’S JUST THE WAY TO GO. OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW. SO WE’RE PROTECTING OUR TREES. GETTING THEM READY AND KEEPING THEM. YOU KNOW MOISTURIZED. THAT’S RIGHT. YEP. KEEP THAT MOISTURE. YOU NEED MOISTURIZER. THEY NEED IT THROUGH THE THE WINTER AS WELL. THANKS FOR THE TIPS ON SUNDAY. THANK YOU. ALWAYS GREAT ADVICE. AND IF YOU’D LIKE TO HAVE YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS ANSWERED, YOU CAN NOW EMAIL OUR SUNDAY GARDENER TEAM. 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