Farm1 wrote:
"Staycalm" wrote in message

I am putting in my lovely veggie bed this weekend. What are the pros

and

cons of using hay, pea straw and sugar cane mulches? I'm interested

in

personal experience.


I prefer pea straw or lucerne hay as it breaks down into good food for
soil biota after it's done it's job of protecting the soil. I don't
like plain hay - too weedy. Never tried sugar cane. Have used old
leaves too and they work well.


Re Pea straw, this has the advantage of also adding a few peas to the
mix, which flower nicely, as well as adding nitrogen to the
soil...w\then you dig them in if you want to.
Best shot to re liven up garden throw in a few hand fulls of peas in
very late winterand dig them in before planting your summer crop to
make soil even better for growing nitrogen loving plants. Has the
advantage of worms being attracted...