better than mulch. go walk in the forest and uncover the duff layer (leaf layer) and take a look at what's happening! it�s alive!
cover the garden in twigs, placed a couple of inches apart throughout the bed. push pine cones or other prickly yard trimmings down into the soil around your plants. lay chicken wire over the beds.... the next step was to measure the width of the garden bed, set up a string line and then work out the position of the hedge. the normal spacing for average-sized plants is about 1m (3?) apart. to work out their exact positions, don divided the length of the bed by the 