The essentials for living your best life.
The essentials for living your best life.
Mulch around seedlings can be a huge help, improving moisture retention and weed suppression while keeping young plants cooler and more stable. The key is to place it lightly and leave space around each stem so you avoid stem rot and give seedlings room to grow.
Essential Concepts: Dense planting, living groundcover, and minimal soil disturbance reduce weeds more reliably than repeated smothering. Use mulch as support, not a crutch, and keep edges, paths, and seed-stage weeds under regular watch.
Turn spent cover crops and everyday garden materials into rich compost or sheet mulch with this simple, soil-building method. Learn how cardboard, manure, straw, and nitrogen-fixing cover crops can suppress weeds, retain moisture, and nourish your garden naturally.
