We were recently offered some carpet offcuts to use as mulch on our garden. We said thanks, but no thanks!

Yes, carpet over your garden will reduce evaporation from the soil into the air and the growth of weeds. However, it will also reduce (stop) the amount of water getting to the soil so will actually cause the soil to dry out.

And a synthetic carpet isn’t going to break down into nice nutrients for our plants either.

So we’re sticking to natural mulch options!