tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post7417410629689048141..comments2023-09-28T04:31:29.088-07:00Comments on Country Living in a Cariboo Valley: Mulching PathwaysAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11830022165659654262noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-20766120324724225222010-07-23T19:30:15.661-07:002010-07-23T19:30:15.661-07:00Great idea for the feed sacks! We've been sav...Great idea for the feed sacks! We've been saving newspaper to put down between the rows (small garden) but we have empty six to eight feed sacks every month from feeding the stock. The feed sack paper is stronger, 4-ply by design and just the right width for between the rows weed control. Great idea!HossBosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444735851486747330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-19880208776945182542010-07-23T17:19:00.856-07:002010-07-23T17:19:00.856-07:00Grass clippings from the lawn, sawdust from the go...Grass clippings from the lawn, sawdust from the goat's shed, and old hay is what I use. Man do I love my mulched rows as there is nary a weed to pull. Wish I had enough mulch to go around. I too am using some paper this year but I put some tall weeds I had clipped on top. It is in a small area as an experiment. As for the feed sacks, I burn them in the winter in the stove for warmth. Gets the fires a roaring in a hurry in the cold mornings.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15845252729189467819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1539457256761038560.post-65377851607535076212010-07-22T11:36:12.266-07:002010-07-22T11:36:12.266-07:00I got a kick out of seeing the Otter Coop feed bag...I got a kick out of seeing the Otter Coop feed bags:) We have a ton of those too.<br /><br />When we first starting gardening here we had raised beds made out of split cedar, with grass inbetween. Our garden is on a gentle south slope. Lovely to look at, but the grass became too labour intensive to keep short and to keep from moving into the beds. The cedar logs became a great place for the slugs to hide (I don't think that would be a problem in your neck of the woods). Then I went through a phase of thick layers of newspaper topped with wood chips on the smaller pathways, but not totally successful either. Over the years as the garden was expanded, we got rid of the raised beds, and now we plant in wide beds, with a narrow walkway inbetween. Now we mostly maintain those walkways with a dutch hoe, running it along to chop the weeds off, or lift them out (the smaller weeds). They are left there to dry out and die, and then raked up. Sometimes in the spring, they don't always die if it is fairly wet, but easy to get out with the next pass of the hoe. <br /><br />The pathways aren't mulched, and get packed down, but will get rototilled at the end or start of the season, when compost is added to the garden. Maybe not the best method, but it sure works for us, and is the least labour intensive.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938874724231860923noreply@blogger.com