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This is my first year growing bananas but I spent most of last winter on this site asking questions and absorbing as much knowlege as possible getting ready. If you type in 'mulch' in the search box it'll take you to old posts and I bet the wiki has information on it too. I topped my bed with composted cow and horse manure and then bought a some bags of cypress chips.. which I know I didn't need to get that extravagent but .... it's my first bed! For the rest of our yard... flower beds and vegetables we just get shredded bark by the truck load real cheap from a small local lumber mill.

I would worry about seeds producing weeds with using hay. Unless you mean straw.

Deb

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