Dirt cheap but not just dirt: Give a load of MooDoo for less hoe, hoe, hoe all year long

THE OLYMPIAN • Published December 07, 2011

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Where to buy: $20 for a pick-up load.

Contact: Hy-Grass Farms 253-833-7708.

What homeowner doesn’t want less weeds and a better-looking landscape? This gift also helps to support the local, family-owned dairy farms in the area as they compost and recycle their mountains of manure.

Just be choosy when it comes to your mulch or manure. I use composted dairy manure from an organic dairy farm in my hometown of Enumclaw because I know it will be weed and pesticide free. I’ve had problems with weeds in mulch before. (Wonder how you got horsetail? Check that last load of beauty bark.) MooDoo is composted at a temperature that not only kills all weed seeds but creates a product that is odor free with a rich, dark color. Manure from organic dairy farms does not contain pesticides from lawn clippings or antibiotics from meat packing lots.

If you have small weeds, just lay down some MooDoo and they’ll be gone. For larger weeds, smother the patch with cardboard or newspaper and at least three inches of MooDoo mulch. Nothing like the instant gratification of a newly-mulched landscape with a weed-free frosting of dark, black compost.

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