Good point Porkpal, I wasn't really thinking it through before.
Lyn, we have a dry season that extends from mid to late Nov until June. On a normal year, we will get one week of rain during that time usually in January. This year we have had 3X the normal rainfall for this area and I don't think we have gone a week without some rain all winter. Summer rains are monsoon type deluges and generally in the evening. I think mulch here would mainly serve to enrich the soil, which is shallow and easily washed away, and perhaps help with erosion. I wanted to just throw all the cuttings from the garden back in under the plants as instant compost and mulch, I was told it would just give the mossies a place to breed.
