Is there something I don't know about clay?

[binley100]

We have a no carpet policy ....my friend took over a vacant plot and when they dug what was like a huge compost heap they found allsorts buried in it including clothes and a big roll of debris netting ....

[Two_Sheds]

Farmers can buy huge rolls of paper mulch fabric

That beats papier-macheing The Times like I do

[mothhawk]

Farmers can buy huge rolls of paper mulch fabric. It is like thick brown paper and does degrade over a season. Here is a link to a corn starch one:- Hytimulch Bio-Degradable Weed Control Film

That's it - cornstarch! There's something rather poetic about using a film made from cornstarch to keep sweetcorn seedlings warm and weedfree, isn't there?