to mulch
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- verb
- /mʌltʃ/
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- The machine pushes the tree down, and then the grinder mulches it.
- mulched with compost
It just prevents the need to mulch all of the time.
- It just prevents the need to mulch all of the time.
- So make sure to mulch your plants and that's about all you can do.
- So if you're mulching, if you're throwing some straw mulch on, then you're at the very least preserving your soil quality.
Examples
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With all those leaves and pine needles, we mulch our beds to protect the investment in our landscape plants.
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Every spring, I mulch the vegetable garden with leaves and wood chips to protect the plants.
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And then what we'll do is when your dad gets home, we can mulch it with fresh new mulch.
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If you want to get maximum value out of what you have, sheet mulch it.
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So we're just going to continue mulching and then we'll continue on.
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Keeping the bed well mulched is your best nonchemical defense against weeds.
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Houck reported that all city parks have been mowed and mulched for the winter season.
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Use a leaf blower to blow leaves out of shrub beds, then mulch them on the lawn.
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When you are mulching your roses, you will be piling mulch around the canes.
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We had first met her as she mulched a tiered vegetable garden that adjoined our backyard.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
To spread a thin layer of fertilizer or compost over the ground
Antonyms
How Thick
- Specialized
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Etymology
Mulch (verb) comes from the noun mulch, itself likely from German Mulch meaning 'soft, rotten matter'. So to mulch is to cover the soil with that material to save water and reduce weeds.