(The volunteer oats that sprout from the straw mulch in the cutting garden save me the trouble of planting them.)

The project is still ongoing, with the LTWA organizing volunteer groups to plant trees, sow grass seed, and lay down straw mulch.

Sometimes gardeners find that the plant can winter over if the herb is cut back a bit in late fall and protected with a thick layer of salt-marsh hay or a straw mulch until late spring.

In an attempt to rehab the burned areas weed-free straw wattles and weed-free straw mulch to help with erosion control.

This usually means that within a couple of weeks he is back out in the potato patch, heaping on straw mulch to protect his sprouting spuds from late freezes.

Overseed these dead patches carefully and cover them either with tree branches or a light straw mulch to keep birds away.

I also apply a straw mulch in the heat of the summer, which cuts down on watering and keeps the tubers cool.

A landscaping crew was setting pink and white petunias into the new pine straw mulch around the shrubs.

Protected with straw mulch, leeks will stay in condition that long.

But I do harvest and dry oats, wheat and barley that sprouted from my straw mulch.