Slashing & Mulching
Slash & Mulch
This takes two forms:
1. Covering bare earth with hay or dead vegetation. This protects the soil from the sun, cools it, and attracts soil-producing microbes. It also holds water where it can be used instead of letting it run off immediately.
2. Cutting down and desiccating tall, dead plants and thistles to form a layer of litter on the soil and allow the sun to penetrate and foster plant growth. Gardeners know the value of mulching.
Mulching is more effective than slashing as it distributes the herbage mass more evenly over the soil and starts the processes of decomposition
Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Slash and Mulch
