Mulch practices

[Tom Dunlap]

I suggested that they move them away from the trunk.

 

[GregManning]

I suggested that they move them away from the trunk.

How do you find this stuff ? ? ! !

 

[Tom Dunlap]

How do you find this stuff ? ? ! !

LOL

Clever and diverse Facebook friends.

 

[GregManning]

I suggested that they move them away from the trunk.

That might actually work ? ? ?
Rain can flow thru; Oxygen can diffuse down; Sunlight would be kept out; Moisture evaporation minimized; No mowing close to the trunk; bottle labels eventually form compost; etc, etc

 

[Dan Cobb]

And there I was thinking regular mulch is too expensive.

 

[ATH]

I suggested that they move them away from the trunk.

I hope they told you to stop whining...

 

[pete3d]

That might actually work ? ? ?
Rain can flow thru; Oxygen can diffuse down; Sunlight would be kept out; Moisture evaporation minimized; No mowing close to the trunk; bottle labels eventually form compost; etc, etc

This isn’t a viable option here ‘round about as all our glass beverage bottles have a $0.25 refundable deposit. That makes that mulch pile a $700 temptation, by my estimate.

 

[GregManning]

This isn’t a viable option here ‘round about as all our glass beverage bottles have a $0.25 refundable deposit. That makes that mulch pile a $700 temptation, by my estimate.

But wait . . . . . . . The bottles don't decompose; No Replacement cost ! ! !

 

[Vicente]

But wait . . . . . . . The bottles don't decompose; No Replacement cost ! ! !

And you won't have to worry about blowing them all over the yard trying to get the leaves out either.

 

[flushcut]

I just had a friend just die from booze. Live by the bottle die by the bottle. Volcano bottle mulch. Priceless!

 

[Dan Cobb]

BREAKING NEWS. Local Man Dies Falling Onto Mulch Ring. A man suffered fatal lacerations today after falling into wine bottle "mulch" he had placed around a tree on his property. County paramedics promptly responded, but were unable to stem the blood loss. Bystanders reported the man appeared to be under the influence prior to the accident.

 

[evo]

One of the big historic fires in the Tillamook forest was once thought to have started from a glass water bottle, essentially making a magnifying glass when it was forgotten.
I don’t know if this is urban (rural) myth

Tillamook Burn

The Tillamook Burn was a catastrophic series of large forest fires in the northern Oregon Coast Range mountains 50 miles west of Portland. It began in 1933 and…

www.oregonencyclopedia.org

 

[flushcut]

I can believe that.