mulching vegetable bed

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  1. Victoria Plum

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    I'm in the mood for mulching!

    I've discovered we have a silt loam soil on chalk, and it dries out really quickly, sometimes with fine cracks where it's compacted.

    I've mulched my perennial beds with forest bark with a view to adding organic matter and keeping the moisture in. What can garlic, onions and potatoes be mulched with, mainly the onions and garlic? Runner beans will be going in too.
     
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    Don't use bark on the veg beds as it locks in nitrogen, instead well rotted compost is the best but there are other things you can use. It depends on how much you want to spend. I have chalky soild that dries out very quickly and at this time of year I use grass clippings, a big layer of them on my spuds and runner beans. I would use a finer well rotted compost on onions and garlic :thumb:
     
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    wait until the soil is wet
     
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