From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 5/18/2019 7:49 AM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > We finally got a break in the rain for a few days so I mowed the lawn. I   
   raked up the clippings and filled the lawn tractor trailer, about 24 cubic   
   feet; I had to tamp down the clippings a few times to fit it all in.   
   >   
   > My wife uses the clippings as mulch on her vegetable and flower gardens. She   
   says that after a rain or two, the clippings all mat down and keep the weeds   
   from taking over.   
   >   
   > Paul   
      
      Unless the grasses have gone to seed ... in which case you just   
   planted it in the richest soil around . Ya know , it always gets me that   
   people go to great lengths to make the soil rich so their garden does   
   well - then wonder why the weeds do well too ! I use straw as a mulch ,   
   it also mats down . But any seeds in the straw are annuals rather than   
   perennial grasses .   
      
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