Tikudikirira mwezi wa Seputembala, sitisiya kusiya kusilira mitengo yomwe iri ndi masamba odabwitsa. Madera akutali amasintha kukhala ngodya zabwino za mvula. Koma izi zikangodutsa ndipo masamba ayamba kugwa, funso lokhalo limabuka: momwe mungachitire ndi masamba agwa? Tsiku lililonse timaziphatikiza pamiyala, kudzaza matumba akulu kapena kuwotcha. Ndipo masamba akugwanso.
Olima minda aku America amadziwa kuthana ndi vutoli. Kwa zaka zingapo tsopano, m'midzi yomwe ili mumtsinje wa Hudson (New York State), masamba omwe adagwa samasonkhanitsidwa, samatulutsidwa, kapena kuwotcha - amawadula ndikusintha kukhala mulch. Masamba omwe adagwa, ndikuphimba dziko lapansi ndi dothi losalala, amatchetchera ndi wowotchera. Kwa izi, mphuno zapadera zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pogaya masamba pazidutswa zazing'ono. Chifukwa cha luso latsopanoli, mutha kupeza mulch yodabwitsa kuchokera pamasamba, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito bwino ngati feteleza polima. Mulch kuchokera pamasamba ndizothandiza chifukwa amasunga madzi bwino m'nthaka, ndikuwadyetsa ndi zinthu zofunikira. Imachepetsa udzu, imapangitsa nthaka kukhala yabwino. Lembe yophika yopezeka mwanjira iyi imawoneka bwino, imakhala yodzaza popanda kutenga malo ambiri.
Amadziwika kuti mafakitala ambiri ogulitsa, omwe amatola masamba omwe agwera m'mizinda kuti alipire, kenako amapanga mulch mwa iwo ndikugulitsa bwino ku nazale. Kugwiritsa ntchito upangiri wamaluwa aku America, simungathe kungochotsa masamba ogwa nthawi yophukira, komanso feteleza wotsika mtengo komanso wachilengedwe wazomera.
