You have probably heard of mulching your plants with grass clippings. This is a good way to use up clippings that may be a little too long to leave on your lawn. If, however, you choose to do this, you’re going to want to evaluate how “weed free” your lawn is. There’s no point in introducing lawn clippings that are filled with weed seeds.
And you definitely can’t do it if you have treated your lawn with a four step program. The “Step 2” part of that program contains a herbicide that definitely has the potential to harm your plants. And perish the thought that you might think of using lawn pesticide treated grass around your edibles!
This year I am unfortunately growing my own grass as mulch. It wasn’t something I planned–not like my moss and fern gardens in other words. But just as the gardening season started, I have needed some more surgery for skin cancer, this time in a tricky spot on my back.
So I was able to get a little bit of planting done early, and now I am done for several weeks. My neighbors are just going to have to put up with the “grass mulch” look.
But heck, so long as they keep catching all my cancers early, I will put up with some gardening inconvenience! I am grateful.
Gardendaze 