MULCH, MULCHING AND OTHER TECHNIQUES
There is some confusion about the word mulch. This is derived from the word straw and is therefore a technique which consists of covering the ground with straw… or an organic material that resembles it. For supporters of this definition, the expression “organic mulch” is therefore a pleonasm. So what about “plastic mulch”? They should rather be called anti-vegetative tarpaulins or ground covers. This confusion comes from the translation of the word mulch which in English designates both mulches of organic origin, canvases and decorative coverings such as river pebbles.
