Newspaper mulch

With slightly warmer weather the vegetables are putting on a spurt of growth. So too are the weeds. The compost, made last year, is full of clover and grass seed which is eager to start growing. In the picture above I have shallots growing in an old fish box. It's too fiddly weeding it so I decided to use newspaper mulch to keep the weeds down. Just tear the paper into strips and ensure that