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[Two_Sheds]

we find that the soil under the mulch turns to rock and the plants suffer from drought despite the mulch.

Ideally the ground would be mulched after a good soaking, either from rain or the hose.

How do you irrigate? Hosing the mulch obviously wouldn't get the water down to the soil ~ or do you have plant pots dotted around, and water into those?



and have you investigated swales at all ?

[Feral007]

We have the driest of summers and mulch is the only thing that saves us. I'm planning to put in some pipes to add extra water this week tho. Mulch it is, folks, mulch it is.