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Mulch Gardening

"Nature abhors bare ground......"

Through education, observation and intuitive sense the founders at EarthVoice have

successfully promoted 'No Work' gardening through extension classes and on-site

demonstrations at Northern Illinois locations.

Many gardeners have been convinced that the creative process whereby humans coax

nature to produce food-producing and aesthetically useful plants requires hard labor,

tilling, watering, weeding and constant attention to fine details to have success.

Volumes of detailed books, written by 'experts' are devoured each year on subjects of

dubious use to the average gardener. In fact, the weight of detail and information

displayed by most gardening books and 'experts' has convinced a great deal of busy

people that they don't have the time or energy to garden at all...... quite a loss.

But, there's a great deal of good news !

Frequently Asked Questions

How would one start with Mulch Gardening ?

Basically the EarthVoice method of mulch gardening entails creating permanent

pathways in the garden area that allow access around an area of permanent

beds. After the pathways are laid out the area between the paths is 'raised' by

successive 'sheet mulching' using various biodegradeable materials

What background or history does it have ?

Nature has, of course, created soils and lush plant growth through mulch

decomposition for centuries. Ruth Stout, one of the people to first write about

this method referred to it as the "No Work Garden." She considers digging soil or

turning compost heaps a waste of energy and pointed out that the composting

process occurs naturally throughout her garden as the thick mulch decomposes.

Another advocate of this natural method is Masinoba Fukuoka, author of "The

One Straw Revolution." He claims that the best ways to garden are found by

observing nature. When gardening, he uses no digging tools and returns all plant

residues back to his mulch, which he keeps at least six inches deep. He states a

good mulch will "suppress weeds, return moisture, encourage earthworms,

shelter beneficial microbes, and enhance tilth."

What materials does it take and how do I do it at home on a budget ?

Some various items we've used or heard work well are animal manures,

compost, corn cobs (chopped), grass clippings, hay, leaves (preferably

chopped), peat moss, salt hay, sawdust (rotted for the beds), seaweed/kelp,

stalks (chopped), straw and wood ashes. Once you get into the mulch mentality

and you will start finding mulch materials in the most unlikely places (hops from a

brewery has been reported and on and on....).

While you can go out an purchase materials part of the fun is in the creativity of

the process. Such item's as natural fiber clothing and newspapers find a very

important use in such a system ! We typically have found use for such non-

organic materials such as plastic bag's, and roofing felt for under the walkway

mulch. When a large amount of shredded wood bark came our way for paths on

one job we tore open each bag and used it as weed suppression in the path

directly ahead of us..

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