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Also ... They should start to touch in about 12 year I think. Will probably cull the grass in this one spot and bark mulch the whole patch.
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We've found that sheet mulching works really well, and requires much less effort than removing sod. We laid down cardboard directly onto the grass and immediately covered it with 6" of wood chips. We did this for our garden, so we also put down an inch of compost below the cardboard (a bike shop is a great place to go for cardboard). We started the process in the fall, and by Spring you've got beautifully de-compacted soil, ready for planting...and the weeds stay suppressed as well! I think the insulative layer of added material regulates the soil temperature enough to prolong earthworm activity, which really aids in de-compaction.
Looks like quite a job, Mario. Very nice that these plants got the treatment of an arborist so early in the game. It would have been a nightmare to approach the same plants 5 or 10 years from now and have to perform miracles!
Also ... They should start to touch in about 12 year I think. Will probably cull the grass in this one spot and bark mulch the whole patch.
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We've found that sheet mulching works really well, and requires much less effort than removing sod. We laid down cardboard directly onto the grass and immediately covered it with 6" of wood chips. We did this for our garden, so we also put down an inch of compost below the cardboard (a bike shop is a great place to go for cardboard). We started the process in the fall, and by Spring you've got beautifully de-compacted soil, ready for planting...and the weeds stay suppressed as well! I think the insulative layer of added material regulates the soil temperature enough to prolong earthworm activity, which really aids in de-compaction.
Looks like quite a job, Mario. Very nice that these plants got the treatment of an arborist so early in the game. It would have been a nightmare to approach the same plants 5 or 10 years from now and have to perform miracles!
