On 20 Aug 2003 10:25:28 -0700, (Mark
A) wrote:

I want to start to use a mulch to keep down weeds in a vegetable bed
and wondered what was the best form of mulch to use? We water our
vegetables using a sprinkler system so that really puts black plastic
out of the frame.

Grass clippings are excellent. Straw is excellent. Hay is
OK if you cannot get straw, but will have more weed seeds
than straw, at least theoretically.

Pat
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