Three cheers for mulch.......

[Snadger]

I mulched approximately half of my allotments. The areas I didn't mulch are dry as snuff and hard as iron!
The areas I mulched with cow muck has soil underneath the mulch which is damp friable and full of surface fauna!
Other allotment holders close by have dug the manure into the soil and I watched today with a smirk on my face as a rotovator tried to mix dry manure with dry soil!

Three cheers for mulch....I'm a real smug convert!!!! Hip hip hooray!!!

[Flummery]

I did the same with my Father-in-law's home-made compost for him on Saturday. He's had a hip replacement and is a bit un-balanced (only physically!) at the moment. I mulched his soft fruit for him. I hope he hasn't tickled it in with a hoe!

[muckdiva]

Totally agree Snadger, my mulched raised beds all held the moisture so much better than plain soil did. Ive been holding off mulching areas on the new lottie until we had a bit of rain, so, today's the day to get up there with me cardboard and grass clippings!

[rustylady]

My home made compost has been great for the beds, and the worms carry it down into the soil in their own good time. Why make work? I really would like to be able to source some good stable manure for winter top dressing.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Sorry RL I cant remember if you have a lottie, but someone there should know where you can get some. If you want some for home, try ringing your local stables.

[Tyto Alba]

Same here. I mulched half the plot, which is now moist under the surface and nearly weed free. The rest is hard as rock and covered in weeds.

Mulch mulch mulch.

[Paulottie]

Hip-rah, Hip-rah, Hip-rah. Get those worms a working!