Mulch - the most valuable ingredient for your garden.
Here in Cape Town we are experiencing a drought and many gardens have just died due to the lack of water.
Many of those gardens would have survived if the garden had been mulched on a continuous basis prior to the drought.
Wood chips, bark nuggets, straw, newspaper are just a few of the materials that can be used.
Apply the mulch onto damp soil and as it breaks down replenish it.
Mulch keeps the moisture in the soil and improves the soil as it breaks down. It also keeps the weeds away as well as assisting plants to survive during a drought.