Mulch, mulch and more mulch

Another thing that has been keeping me busy is mulching things.  I am very lucky because the water district I work for brings in cedar and pine mulch from the tree trimmers.  This mulch is free to anyone who lives in our water district.  So here is what I got for free a couple weeks ago.

Yep, that is a dump truck load of mulch.  Since we are in a drought, it is important to mulch your garden to save water.  It is something we all should be doing whether we are in a drought or not.  Conserving water is everyone’s responsibility.

Here is an area outside the goat pen that I redid with some ivy, lambs ear and lots and lots of mulch.  This is  a very shady area due to the two oak trees and veggies won’t grow here.  So I made a viewing area to look at the goats.  I also put one of my old claw foot tubs out there to grow more ivy and some flowers.

Here is a view from the side as you come up our little dirt lane towards our house.  We will eventually be moving the feeder and I thought this would be a nice little area to goat watch.  That is Jazz sticking her head up from eating!

I also moved several large bushes from the front of their pen to the side so I could plant raspberries and blackberries out there.  I then had to mulch the new plants and mulch the front bed as well.  I still have the front garden and the side to go, but they were mulched last year, so they will just need top dressed.  I am amazed at how much water we save by mulching.  Later this summer we hope to get our patio in and we will be mulching all around what isn’t patio as well.   It also helps to keep the dust down.