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I Know This Sounds Nuts But...

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Rik:
Do you water through the carpet, or do you cut large enough holes to water?

GillE:
You don't water at all.  The idea of a mulch is that it should establish a barrier to inhibit the amount of moisture that passes into or out of the soil. Caribbean gardeners are very fond of this technique.

Rik:
So, water first, then carpet?

GillE:
There's no need to water at all.  At this time of year the soil is very moist (even if it is heavy clay in my allotment  >:( ) so you don't need to water before laying the carpet.

It only took us five minutes to get about half the job done before we ran out of carpet off-cuts.  Oh well, I'll have to see if I can scavenge some more.  There's a retailer in Malvern who will let us have as much as we like, but that's a bit of a drive.  I'll have to look for somewhere more local.

Simon:
I think we're going to need pictures when this is complete.  :)

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