Short entry today. Storms are moving in this evening and I have a lot of work to do. Weather man says we are expecting 4+ inches of rain. We’ll see.
Anyway, mowing season is in full swing and I have found another use for grass clippings. My son and I are using them to create paths so we can walk through our garden, even after a rain, without bogging down in this god-forsaken E. Tennessee clay. Additionally we are using it around the tomatoes to help suppress weeds.
One word of caution that I learned the hard way last season. DO NOT try this if you have a Bermuda grass lawn and your grass has formed seed heads. The seeds will germinate and you will spend the rest of the summer fighting to keep Bermuda grass out of your garden.
The benefit of using the grass clippings like this is that it does give us the paths and the weed barriers that I am looking for with the added benefits that I can till it in in the fall to add organic structure into the soil, plus unlike using bark mulch, which is expensive and semi-permanent, I can reconfigure the layout of my garden each season so that I can easily rotate my crops to keep disease and insects in check.
Happy gardening. I’m back to work.
Honestly, I have absolutely no idea. You can probably get that information, though if you contact an organization called SCORE. That is an organization of retired executives who volunteer to help people start their own enterprises. I have used them in the past when i was starting my own company and found them extremely helpful. There services are free and they have centers located across the country. You should be able to google them.
You might also check with the local small busness administration or online to see what statistics they have for that type of business.
I hope this helps, and good luck.
Look for ideas in magazine or visit neighboring gardens.
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