Second Pine Straw and Pine Bark Nuggets.
Down in GA, where there were a lot of Pine Straw, that is what I used as mulch. It is durable for one season and then mixing with soil make good amendment.
Up here in PNW, there is no pine straw, but I can get pine bark nuggets. I get/prefer the small ones because at the end of season I just work it into the soil.
Both pine straw and bark, wont get mushy. That is what I like about it. Grass clippings, cardboards, newspapers ... get mushy and caked when dry and water wont go through them freely.
Wheat straw is good too if you can get them at reasonable cost. So is hay. But they tend to have seeds.
Gardeneer
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