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Steve Mudge's avatar

"Forgive me Carrie Nation", lol, I'll have to remember that one. Its amazing how plants will grow on their own though to be fair it looks like she lived in a climate with fairly constant rainfall and had good topsoil to start with---here in NM it takes a little more work with low precip and sun-baked hard topsoil (I'm, uh, the plowman with my trusty shovel). But she is so right about mulch! Cools and feeds the soil, prevents weeds and erosion, and keeps water from evaporating.

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Boaz Frankel's avatar

She was gardening in Connecticut so far from New Mexico. But hooray for mulch!

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Sandra de Helen's avatar

I'm a long-time fan of Ruth Stout! Thanks for mentioning her. Also a fan of bees, and one who plants for them, and leaves dandelions for them. My garden is spring up with dandelions right now.

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Boaz Frankel's avatar

Yeah, I’m all for dandelions too! And I’ve been trying to find new ways to prepare/eat them every year.

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Anne Wareham's avatar

Can't believe how Ruth Stout has sudden;y reappeared, just when I mentioned her a few weeks back. Hurray for the (mysterious) rediscovery!

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Boaz Frankel's avatar

It’s funny, before a few weeks ago I only knew her from her books that I’d stumble upon when looking at the gardening books at thrift shops.

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Anne Wareham's avatar

I hadn't thought of her for years until I referred to her in my Veddw history so recently.

Maybe she is wanting us to credit her, given the number of people who are claiming cut and drop and all other mulching. She haunting us!

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Anna Brones's avatar

Thank you for linking to the Ruth Stout article! Looking forward to watching the video too. And yay dandelions!

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Boaz Frankel's avatar

Yes! You’re going to love that short doc!

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Boaz Frankel's avatar

Haha, I’m all for mulch madness! Are there mulch madness brackets too?

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Lisa Brunette's avatar

There should be, plus a leaderboard. Maybe it's a feederboard?!

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