I put out more wildflower seeds today and experimentally didn't mulch

[conuly]

So we'll see what we see. If the birds don't eat them all that tells me I can save on mulch. If they do, I'm gonna have to find something cheaper to stretch this mulch with, I guess.

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Comments

[bibliofile]

Around here the sity uses straw blankets to cover up grass seed, which you can tack down.

Plain straw is probably cheaper but may blow away? I am not a gardener.

[conuly]

Straw isn't that inexpensive if you have to order it online, it turns out. Not for the square footage of our yard.

I think I'm going to have to hope I can get a really big free compost haul.