IT'S ALL GOOD MULCH

(Music: IT'S ALL TOO MUCH, Harrison) (info./disclaimers) (glossary) (index) (gardening guide)

To our Mother …

It's all good mulch
It's all good mulch

When I look into the sties
Where you kept your piggy
I find such a richness there
It fills me up with glee

It's all good mulch for me to take
Organic matter all around me
Dung and food scraps, there's no waste
It's what I take
It's all good mulch

When I walk the alleyways
Of any town or city
I find such abundance there
It's like a shopping spree

It's all good mulch for me to take
Organic matter all around me
Cardboard, paper, cannery waste
It's what I take
It's all good mulch

When I drive by my neighbor's yard
Or visit the horse stable
I come back for load after load
To stop I am not able

It's all good mulch for me to take
Organic matter all around me
Leaves, grass clippings, all yard waste
It's what I take
It's all good mulch

It's all good mulch for me to take
Organic matter all around me
Manure and straw and rotten hay
It's what I take
It's all good mulch

It's good mulch
It's good mulch

It is everywhere and it's free for use
It is everywhere and it's free for use

It's good mulch
Alive or dead …

Good mulch (50x)

Comments: It should be noted that leaves, grass clippings, and yard waste are safe to apply as mulch only if they come from land that has not been sprayed with chemicals. One of several Beetless songs about mulch, this one surpasses the others several times over in the number of times the word is used.

 
Excerpted from The Beetless' Gardening Book: An Organic Gardening Songbook/Guidebook, copyright 1997 by Chris Roth (info./disclaimers) (glossary) (index) (gardening guide)