Sara Begg, Executive Editor
Leaf Mulch Gripes Last winter, I mulched all of my beds with leaf mulch, mostly minced oak with a smattering of maple thrown in. I've done this in the gardens at my parents' house north of Toronto and it has worked beautifully. In my small city garden that I walk by and inspect every day, not so much. I think it looks ugly and coarse. Perhaps part of the problem is that the green buds and leafing out has been so slow and late this year, that I'm spending a lot more time looking at the carpet of brown, clumpy leaf mulch rather than snow or, better yet, foliage of all the plants that are hopefully going to emerge at some point in the near future. I walk by it every day on my way out to work. So we'll see how great a job it does at conditioning the soil and how well it feeds the many woodland plants that I've got tucked into the garden. The garden is shaded most of the time, so a woodland atmosphere feels right and I think the mulch will eventually pull through, this slow, late spring has me ready for something a bit more exciting. Read Meg's Blog
Friday, April 20, 2007 9:56:55 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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