By fail, the mulch has almost completely decomposed into the soil adding valuable organic matter for the next growing season. Add Flowers to your Garden plan To the top of the page To help your garden you can add flowers to the garden plan. These flowers not only provide color and fragrance, they also attract valuable pollinating insects. How to keep gardening chores to a minimum To the top of the page With a large garden, it's important to keep the gardening chores to a minimum. The bulk of the land was mulched with several inches of spoiled hay to keep in soil moisture and smother weeds.
Black plastic is more effective spread under the heat-loving crops like melons and tomatoes.
To make watering your garden easier To the top of the page To make watering more efficient and less time consuming, a drip irrigation system can be installed under the mulch as well as in the seed bed. The basic principle is simple. Water is delivered in small quantities under low pressure directly to where it does the most good to the root zone of the plants. The pipe is placed either down the center or along one end of the garden. Small puncture holes are then made with a screwdriver into the header pipe at intervals corresponding to garden row.