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Hi Rhys – thanks for the reply – I definitely hope to be able to organise an ongoing system of creating useful quantities of mulching material. I’ve made a start with planting some green manure, but I’ve already worked out that there are various ways to use the various types of green manure which can be utilised.
Right now, I’m trying to decide what to do for my first growing season – the only material which I have in any quantity is the pile of weed-laden diggings which I created during the summer, plus a quantity of horse manure from an unknown source.
I have planted grazing rye and vetch in about 20% of the plot, and I spread horse manure over the adjacent 20% in November before covering it with permeable membrane. The remaining 60% of the plot is bare soil.
My pile of diggings has been covered with black plastic since November, but I am guessing that it contains a lot of seeds. I’m wondering if there is any way in which I can make the weed-laden soil safe to use as a mulch in time for the coming growing season.
Ken