stone mulching
nounEtymology First entered wide use following the publication of Stone Mulching in the Garden by J.I. Rodale in 1949.
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Agriculture, Business, Horticulture, Lifestyle The practice of covering plant roots with stone, in the manner of a mulch.
- "My old roommate Erin Lee and I were first taught stone mulching by Ruth Hanner up in her Köke'e garden on Kaua'i. She had been taught this technique as a young farmer's wife in Peru."2005, Heidi Leianuenue Bornhorst, Growing Native Hawaiian Plants, →ISBN, page 14:
- "In experiments, stone mulching decreases soil water evaporation, protects against wind and rain erosion, and reduces daily temperature fluctuation."2007, Jared Diamond, “Easter Island Revisited”, in Science, 317(5845), page 1693: