Name: Using Hay and Grass as Mulch to Grow Food
Uploaded: 2018-03-30T01:54:20.000Z
Duration: 6 min 20 s
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using grass and hay as
a mulch to grow food.

we've been using a lot
more cut grass and hay

in our vegetable garden to
help us with growing food.

Now the thing about grass,
especially where we are,

when it's not winter,
you have so much grass.

if you've got an abundance
of a particular resource,

than it makes complete
sense to make the most of it

So, that's exactly what we're
doing through using grass.

So, if you live in suburbia,
than the likelihood is

that there's gonna be a lot
of people mowing their lawns.

So, all you need to do is ask
them for their law clippings.

And even just volunteer
to pick them up yourself.

Because they are such an
abundant resource around there.

And the thing is you
can get them for free.

but that's kind of a
good minimum to aim for.

and that's gonna create
so much hay for us.

in the growing the potatoes the lazy way.

Where we simply placed
potatoes on the ground

and just covered it with
a thick layer of hay.

And in that case, there
is quite a lot of seed.

and it can give you a lot
of grass to deal with.

if you take the hay off to leave bare soil

and then all the grass will grow through.

Because the idea, with
adopting a mulch system,

you're going to continue placing
some more layers of mulch.

And especially for something
quite dense, such as hay.

It's literally going
to smother the ground.

So, the weeds will find it
very difficult to go through.

And should any weeds
happen to come through,

Or you can simply place another
thick layer over the top.

And it's going to release those nutrients.

because they've already
taken the wheat off it.

that usually, especially
from a wildflower hay meadow,

So, there actually tends to
be more nutrients in hay.

then what I'd recommend
you do is mulch with hay.

because this is the third year
now where we're using hay.

And we haven't seen any
noticeable differences in weeds.

In fact, by mulching more,
we are building more soil.

and you want to create
a new area of garden,

then here's a great way
to create a noted garden.

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