lasagna gardening

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Permalink Reply by Paul Wyman on January 1, 2009 at 10:36am

I haven't heard of the term but is it laying down carboard on the ground and covering with a layer of compost/manure to form a mulch? If so I have used this method on areas of the allotment which I set aside for crops later in the season. It's a great way of stopping the weeds, and at the same time introducing fibre and manure to the soil.

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Permalink Reply by Nerdmom on January 25, 2009 at 9:43pm

Pretty much. So far I've used newsprint, manure, peat, wood compost, bone meal, and hay. I thought, for the amount of time that I had, cardboard would take too long to break down. How long did it take for your compost to degrade?

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