82- Prevent Poisoning Your Soil - Interview with Jill Winger of the Prairie Homestead

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

Gardening, Garden, How To, Education, Organicgardening, Home & Garden, Leisure, Homegardening, Beginninggardener, Vegetablegardening

4.4 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

There are few garden subjects I am more passionate about than mulch. It prevents weeds and regulates moisture in the soil, among its other benefits.

But which mulch should you use? Perhaps the most common is shredded leaves, but what if you're like me and you don't have access to deciduous trees? Then what are your options?

I've used wood chip mulch, hay mulch, straw mulch, and pine needle mulch, and I talk about the pros and cons of each type of mulch here. Although I prefer wood chip mulch, I have used hay mulch from time to time with good results.

But after talking to Jill Winger of the Prairie Homestead, I realized using hay as mulch isn't without its risks. In this episode of the Beginner's Garden Podcast, Jill talks about how deep mulching with hay poisoned her garden. Click below to hear our conversation or read on to find out what happened, how she identified the problem, and what advice she gives to other gardeners considering using hay to mulch their gardens.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Beginners Garden Podcast. I'm Jill McShehehehe with Journey Withjil.net,
0:06.1	and my goal is to give beginning gardeners the tools they need to having a great spring so far. I know for me, I want to get in my garden every single day and take advantage of the amazing weather
0:39.4	that we have been having lately. I know I liked spring before I was a gardener, but now that I'm a
0:45.8	gardener, oh man, it is my favorite time of year. There's so much hope for the garden going forward.
0:52.0	We have these visions in our mind of what it's going to be like
0:55.5	in the season. But if we're honest, we probably also deal with some fears when it comes to our garden.
1:02.8	And one of those fears for me has been a fear of poisoning my garden inadvertently. I've heard the horror stories of people who have purchased
1:13.3	compost or used a specific type of mulch or, you name it, that has actually ruined their
1:20.4	soil and completely crushed their hopes for a harvest, maybe not only for the current season,
1:26.5	but also for seasons to come as they
1:28.7	deal with the residue of whatever tainted their soil in their garden. The thing is, I don't want to
1:35.0	have to go through that, and I don't want you to have to go through it either. So today, we're going to
1:40.2	talk to someone who did go through this and live to tell about it and who actually has
1:46.2	her best garden ever through that experience. So not only will this podcast episode talk to you
1:53.0	about how to prevent poisoning in your garden, but also give you hope if it ever happens to you,
1:58.9	which hopefully it won't, or maybe it has happened to you and
2:02.5	you're a little bit discouraged. I'm super excited to introduce you to and welcome to the podcast,
2:09.0	Jill Winger of the Prairie Homestead blog. If you're not familiar with Jill, she and her family
2:15.8	live on a homestead in Wyoming, and I have really enjoyed
2:19.8	looking back at her experiences that she has shared on the blog, not only with gardening, but with
2:25.3	cooking and expanding how we can become even more self-sufficient in our garden and in our home.
2:33.4	Jill's going to talk all about that devastating season where she realized that she had inadvertently
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