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    Straw is growing grass in the garden...Please Help!!!

    Response to Swindy Thanks Swindy and everyone for your responses. What do you think about using regular brown or black mulch for the garden?
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    Straw is growing grass in the garden...Please Help!!!

    Update Update: Thank you everyone for all your responses. I decided to take all of the straw out of the garden this morning.......fun stuff Put down a bunch of newspapers and got them wet. Then I went and got 10 bags of Humus and Manure. Spread all of that out on top of the newspaper...
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    Straw is growing grass in the garden...Please Help!!!

    Hi everyone, I may have a problem with the straw that I layed down in my raised bed garden please help! Im pretty sure I picked up some straw that was seeded. I have grass that is starting to grow in my garden now. When I scrape away some of the straw it has grown into the soil. Does...
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    Mulching the garden

    Sounds great everyone...Thank you for your replies:)
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    Mulching the garden

    Update some more information Thanks Annette for your response. The topsoil that I put in the garden was by the truckload. It is finely sifted topsoil. The compost mixture I also got by the truckload and it was a mixture of some compost and sand I believe. I put 3 scoops of topsoil down...
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    Mulching the garden

    Hi I live in Middle Tennessee, just started my first raised bed garden this year, it is appr. 16 X 8 ft. When I setup my bed I put 3 parts topsoil to 1 part compost. This is what I have planted: 6 tomato plants (3 of those are bush tomato plants) 7 cucumber bushes 2 squash 2 okra...
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