In article , --Bill--
wrote:

Trevise wrote:
"GardeningGuy" wrote in message
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I'd like to thank the posters of this newsgroup. I was advised to mulch
in order to withstand the heatwave. I have mulched with grass clippings.
What could be simpler?? This has cut the frequency of watering in half
and it also controls weeds. If any of you have not tried this, I
strongly encourage you to mulch.

Thank you,

GardeningGuy

Man, here in the Caribbean I can't get enough mulch. Weekly trimming
and jungle removal leave me with a mountain of leavings and its too darn
expensive to ship down a machine to chop it all up.
We get about 30" of rain per year on this dry flat island - about half
of that is usually attributed to a one-time nearby hurricane or storm in
September.
I've got my pile but it won't go compost or anything. Just serves as
dry home for mice.
What little bit of mulch and compost I've been able to make has been
chopped up by hand and watered more than the plants!

-B.

Yeah, I'd find something to complain about it I lived in paradise, too...

Jan, in Alaska