Mainely Mulch.

Hay smells different to lovers and horses.
~ Old Proverb

I am on the hunt for Mainely Mulch "Salt Hay Substitute". Even though I have always lived in deciduous climates, I always come up short on carbon (dry browns) for my compost pile and heavy on nitrogen (wet greens) during the spring and summer months. When I lived in Rhode Island, I discovered and used to purchase Mainely Mulch at the Redwood Nursery in Swansea, Massachusetts. I would keep the mulch in its bag right next to my compost bin, and anytime I added grass clippings or kitchen scraps, I cover them with a few handfuls of Mainely Mulch, and my compost was beautiful. Now that I have moved back to Pittsburgh, my compost pile is again suffering from too little carbon, and I find myself missing Mainely Mulch.


Mainely Mulch is heated in a kiln to kill any or pathogens or weed seeds so you don't need to worry about diseases or volunteer weeds. It's chopped up into thumb-sized pieces so you can easily control the breakdown of the mulch depending on how thick you spread it. Along with Coir, Mainely Mulch is great for organic gardening, and local nurseries should be encouraged to carry these products.