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America's Gardeners Prove They Can Get Too Mulch of a Good Thing |
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The Washington Post, June 5, 2008; Page H01
...As I see people hauling and ripping these bags, I wonder, what's driving them? Is it a clear understanding of the benefits of mulch, or is it some civic impulse to conform in what has become Mulch Nation?
"We seem to have gone nuts for mulch," said Marylee Orr, an environmentalist who says our addiction to mulch is costing Louisiana its coastal cypress forests.
Without doubt, we decorate our lives with mulch in a way our ancestors would have found strange and extravagant.
Adrian Higgins - Writer
The Washington Post
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