How to Grow your own Mulch to Support your Forest Gardens and Regenerative Landscapes
Growing our own mulch for our gardens has long been a goal of mine. Currently we grow enough mulch for our perennial beds and the tree nursery but rely on imported straw for mulching annual beds and for establishing new perennial garden beds. At the moment we have no problem sourcing straw if we need extra but if/when the day comes that the farmers start using their own straw to improve their soil, which is becoming a more common practice, we’ll be needing to step up our mulch growing efforts.
During this post we’ll look at what makes a good mulch, a range of plants that we use for mulch and some possibilities for growing mulch for broad scale use.
What makes a good mulch plant ?
My ideal mulch plant has the following characteristics
grows fast
drought tolerant
competes minimally with crop plants
does not contain seed that easily spreads
is easy t…