What is Mulching?

Mulching is the process of cutting plants and materials into smaller fragments and spreading it over the ground, to encourage the plants and materials to rot down quicker. Most people believe that mulching is the act of spreading mulch (bark, straw, etc) over or around plants (trees, hedges, vegetable garden plants). This is not wrong, but a little narrow minded. Mulch can be anything that will rot down to become part of the soil – cut grass or weeds, animal manure, vegetable waste – in effect: compost, but put directly on the ground.

The cleared ground was once tea tree and sags. A prime example of using the lands material to rot down to become part of the soil.

The act of mulching, generally refers to the action of cutting plants to a size that will eventually break down and become part of the soil and is very important for soil fertility.

Once upon a time, these chips were a stump, once chipped up and spread around, make great mulch. Chips this size take no time at all to rot down.

Flail mulchers are great for the grass, reeds and other lighter weeds. It will cut the grass, while at the same time spread the grass out evenly over itself, unlike a slasher which will create a windrow of cut grass. (Read more here: )

Fix tooth or forestry mulchers are fantastic for thicker woody weeds, cutting the weeds into small pieces to lay on the ground and rot down.

Mulching can be done anywhere anytime on any ground. In fact, if you mow your back and front yard without catching the cut grass, that cut grass is effectively mulch. It will either dry out and blow away or rot down and become part of the soil.