Thursday, April 19, 2012

Planting Beds with Grassed Walkways


Photo 1

An unexpected benefit of having a grass walkway between planting beds is the direct addition of mulch and organic matter to the planting bed every time I mow. Looking at the bed on the left in photo 1 you can see that the discharged grass is scattered evenly across the width of the bed. The beds on the right have not yet had any clippings added this mowing. It may not seem like a lot of material being added at each mowing but it is a substantial amount over the course of an entire growing season.