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Thickly wood-chip-mulched garden bed around tomato plants with a pitchfork resting at the corner

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Mulching

From wood-chip paths and straw-mulched vegetable beds to living mulches and sheet-mulching for new garden establishment, these articles quantify how mulch depth affects soil moisture, soil temperature, weed seed germination, and earthworm activity. Material comparisons — including decomposition rates and carbon-to-nitrogen ratios — help you match mulch type to purpose.

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