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Salt Marsh Hay & Other Mulches

Has anyone seen any salt marsh hay available in the area? Pemberton Farms doesn't have any, and neither does Wilson Farm in Lexington.

If not, anyone have any other recommendations for organic mulch for a vegetable garden? Preferably one I can get locally. Thanks!
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[identity profile] motive-nuance.livejournal.com 2010-05-07 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I once got some at Allandale Farm in Chestnut Hill. Bit of a schlep though.
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[personal profile] alphacygni 2010-05-07 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd think there would be plenty around here, what with those huge salt marshes lurking nearby.

Depending on the amount you need, mail ordering compressed cubes of coir mulch (not coir growing medium) can work. I did that for my garden last year and got it from Gardener's Supply in Vermont, who are great. Reconstituting the cube in a big bucket was just like playing with those strange foam-dinosaur-in-a-capsule bath toys when I was a kid!
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[personal profile] jadelennox 2010-05-08 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I got salt marsh hay from Mahoney's in Winchester. It's annoying, because it's not chopped; you used to be able to get salt marsh they chopped pretty finely from Pemberton and from Ricky's in Union Square. Now the stuff they sell that stuff isn't salt marsh hay anymore, and it's full of weed seeds, so all I've seen is the big rough bales at Mahoney's.

(It's fine for a lot of garden uses, but in tiny urban gardens, we are usually dealing with small raised beds, and I liked it when it was tidier. I still use it on my strawberries, but it's not nearly as pretty as the chopped stuff.)
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