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2026 Mulching Complete

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 4 May

Last year we skipped it, although I don't remember why. Maybe the season just started a bit late and we didn't feel like it. But this year, the mulching needed a refresh, and they had it on sale at Menard's after the 11% rebate...

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You can be too helpful!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 10 Feb

I have been doing quite a lot of pruning of shrubs in the garden, and had collected up a heap of branches. They were all piled up in front of our garage waiting for my partner to run them all through the shredder. I use all the...

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Mulching makes such a difference!

Fleur @Fleura (34927) • United Kingdom 20 Jun 23

Until recently I didn’t even know what mulching really meant. I remember as a child reading the Magic Roundabout stories, in which Mr McHenry was always out and about with his wheelbarrow, “mulching a few plants” – although it...

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It might be hard to tell in the photo

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 12 May 22

But I finished spreading mulch around the base of my red bud tree. Some years ago we put down weed barrier with mulch on top but since then the barrier has been getting blown about and the mulch didn't look good either. I started...

weeding

mulch

ferns

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There went my weeding for today

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 11 May 22

Unless it stops raining soon enough and dries out a bit. We have thunderstorms headed out way with the possibility of hail and heavy winds. Yesterday I did a smidgeon of hoeing in the front yard and pulled weeds and put some...

thundershowers

weeding

mulch

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Got some much needed weeding done

Marsha @MarshaMusselman (38865) • Midland, Michigan 11 Oct 21

It's gorgeous outside being about 79 degrees F. My kind of weather. Before I weeded I brought up from the basement cupboards that were removed years ago to make way for our first dishwasher. Those went into a large garbage bin...

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Monday Morning Errands

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 31 Aug 20

Out this morning running a few errands. Stopped at the hardware and co-op to pick up mulch and a few other things. Cloudy day. Maybe rain later. Headed home soon. Got everything done. Everyone had their masks on. Starting out...

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Pine Straw Makes Great Mulch

CarolDM @CarolDM (203396) • Nashville, Tennessee 2 Nov 19

Having six pine trees pays off this time of year. The pine straw that falls eventually turns brown. This can be put around plants and flowers in the garden. Saves on having to buy mulch. This will hopefully protect them from the...

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Flower question

Scott Andersen @DocAndersen (54399) • United States 26 May 19

We just fixed a muddy mess in our back yard (off our bakc porch). Finished the project yesterday in fact. Well finished the digging out and laying down of mulch part. Now i am thinking either: a flower edge and paving stones or...

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Pulled up the morning glories...

Stacey @xstitcher (39002) • Petaluma, California 29 Dec 18

The morning glories were "done" for the most part for quite a while--they still had a few flowers on them--maybe that's part of the reason why I didn't put more importance in pulling them up. Any way, it's done now, and most of...

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Mulching the potatoes

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169406) • United States 6 May 16

I am pleased to work with several knowledgeable friends in the community garden. This photo shows part of the work we did yesterday. One woman watered almost everything, for four hours. Five more of us did the mulching of the...

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Putting the garden to bed for the winter

peavey @peavey (16936) • United States 8 Oct 12

We got hit with a hard freeze here a couple of nights ago, right after the first very light frost. Needless to say, everything got frozen. I did manage to save one cherry tomato that was in a pot, but that's all. I thought some of...

garden

mulch

winter

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What do You Use For Mulching?

Muelitz @Muelitz (1592) • Canada 23 Apr 12

We have 2 big trees in our property and from time to time there are fallen twigs around it. On several articles, I read that it is good to put mulch around the tree to prevent weeds from growing around it and preserve moisture. I...

Vegetable Bed

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 5 May 11

This photo shows yet another bed of my garden I started today. This has 4 hills of my A & C pickles and 4 yellow Zuchinni plants. It is roughly about 10 foot by 6 foot. I have a weed barrier with about 2 inches of mulch on it in...

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Spring Started?

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 5 May 11

Kind of, sort of here in Minnesota. Still chilly but not too bad. This is the latest start for my flower beds and gardening ever. I laid down 10 bags of mulch and need about 15 more bags yet it seems. The area in this photo has...

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Your Dream Garden!! :D

Drayzie @Drayzie (32) • Philippines 13 Dec 10

....Would you like a Plane Garden? ...or A Semi Forestry Garden with Dropped leaves automatically converts to mulch ...I certainly like the semi forestry one, ....What is your Dream Garden?

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How often do you mow your lawn?

kbjunior15 @kbjunior15 (1309) • United States 20 Jul 10

I mow mine twice a week on average. When I mow, I mow in a different direction each time, so you can see all the different lines. I am particular about my lawn because it is something everyone see when they drive by. I also use...

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Saving on watering the flower beds

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 10 Apr 10

Great sale bargain at Home Depot the last 3 days. They had Cyprus Mulch, 2 Cu Ft bags at $3.75 a bag and it was buy one get one free a limit of 20. So it comes out to be $1.37 a bag. So we bought 20 bags for the flower beds etc....

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Busy, busy, busy!

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 10 Apr 10

I have been busy all week with yard/garden work. Today this is one area that I mulched. Never added mulch around this tree as there were no flowers realy till last year. Anyhow do you spend a whole day in your yard doing chores...

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Clean Up

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 17 Mar 10

Well this photo shows some of my flower beds I started to clean up today. This area goes all the way to the green garbage cans. 4 different areas in all. Raked up the old mulch, weeded some, as well as dug up around the flowers...

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