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sputinc7 · 09-11-2018, 12:41 PM

Ed.. Why not compost? Homade compost is a wonderful mulch with the added benefit of fertilizer built in. (If you are referring to the bagged kind from walmart, I agree.)
I usually use my homade stuff before composting is complete so it's like mostly composted grass clippings, etc.

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