re: 2019 Garden Thread

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I used leave from the neighbor's oak tree I cleaned up as mulch for the inside the pen walkway and may use some as mulch in the garden as well.

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I live in N.O. in the Mid-City area and getting oak leaves is never an issue for me. Just yesterday I scored 8 large trash bags full of them that would normally be heading to the dump. I put some in my compost pile, but the rest will be used between my rows after I lay down a layer of cardboard I've got from the local supermarkets. That helps with moisture retention and also keeps the weeds down. The side benefit is by the fall, all that stuff will be well decomposed and I'll just till it all under for my fall planting.