Mulch

[Small pumpkin]

I want to mulch my raspberry, Tayberry and Loganberries because I can't keep up with the weeding of them ( mainly because I don't like them ). I was wondering could I used the shavings and straw out of my poultry houses. Or would it cause more harm than good?
Can't get my hands on any wood chip locally. And my compost bins are filling up far to quickly and without a good balance of stuff.

[roitelet]

Shavings would work and the straw without too much poo. You can use grass cuttings as well but only about 2inches thick at any one time.

[Bren In Pots]

I use grass cuttings to mulch around my raspberries and blackberry it seems to keep the weeds down well.

[SusieG]

When I planted my onions out, I mulched between rows with grass cuttings. They're going a bit brown and dingy looking, (the grass cuttings) - can I just keep topping it up with fresh cuttings?? I didn't put too thick a layer down.
Thanks!

[mothhawk]

I mulch my rasps with anything I've got. I've just put a load of half composted garden stuff around them, 'cos I had to empty out my dalek (to stop a queen wasp getting in underneath and building a nest). Last year I used grass clippings all summer, then in late summer they had all the lavender flower stalks that I trimmed off, just as they were.

[SusieG]

Thanks! Think I'll carry on mulching then.

[Small pumpkin]

Thanks everyone. I'll mulch with a mix of everything

[veggiechicken]

Just thinking aloud here - you don't have to listen.
You could cut slots in cardboard and thread the canes into them. Then weight the cardboard down with anything - rocks, logs, buckets of water or straw.
In fact, that's such a good idea I wonder why I haven't thought of it before

[yummersetter]

That's what I do with the young fruit trees, and cover the cardboard with grass clippings with a gap between trunk and grass. Main problem is a) mice nesting under the card b) my setters digging up the mousenests.