Mulching makes gardening much easier

Laura Young news@greenepublishing.com By the beginning of May, midday temperatures regularly nudge into the 80s. By month's end, even hotter temps bring new challenges to the home garden. Heat-loving weeds start vying for valuable water resources; and gardeners will sweat away, tending the season's vegetables toward a hopefully bountiful harvest. One task, if completed early on, can make handling all of this much easier: mulch. Mulch happens naturally in the woods and open meadows. Leav