No-Dig Lasagna Gardening (How-to)

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Lasagna gardening can be an easy way to make a garden bed and create great garden soil at no cost. Build soil one layer at a time, just like the layers in lasagna, from organic material you have in your garden or can get from friends and neighbors. There is no digging and no tilling. Soil is built from the ground up. Grass, straw, leaves, weeds, compost, aged manure are just some of the garden ingredients you can use in your lasagna garden bed recipe. (Video #185)
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@spir5102 9 ай бұрын

I love the simplicity of building this type of garden bed. I love the idea of recycling, reusing, using what you have. Mother nature is amazing.

@joeltm8697 4 жыл бұрын

Ooh Garfield is gonna like this one.

@elizabeth2621 Жыл бұрын

Is this shirt for sale? I love it!

@angelinegrows7765 4 жыл бұрын

Free is my favourite price gardener Scott 😁

@avilayne2812 3 жыл бұрын

a tip : watch series on Flixzone. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies lately.

@aidanmarley3351 3 жыл бұрын

@Avi Layne Yup, I've been watching on flixzone for since november myself :)

@crazymanbbqcompany1592 4 жыл бұрын

People who give thumbs down are jealous.... I love the knowledge that you offer us who want to produce our own food You are the best of the best in giving information... Thank you for sharing your talents Bob Cooney Salt Lake City Utah

@juneshannon8074 4 жыл бұрын

Bob Cooney Scott is ONE of the better gardeners in giving advice and knowledge

@judithmiller6289 4 жыл бұрын

Bob Cooney I did not see any thumbs down

@crazymanbbqcompany1592 4 жыл бұрын

@@judithmiller6289 there's 6thumbs down right now

@suellenw561 4 жыл бұрын

I have a friend who lives in town w/ lots of trees. She had to pay to have leaves removed after she raked them. Now she brings them to me & we both benefit.

@susanmarshall817 Ай бұрын

The magazine that I subscribed to in 1978 was called organic gardening. I still have some copies from the family house that we just went through. invaluable information

@willchoate7072 4 жыл бұрын

You are one of my favorite garden people. I've had her book since it first came out. I have been kinda aggravated by all the you tube people doing the same thing and calling it no-till and acting like it's something new. I now about 3 acres sucking up the grass with my Gaint-Vac. I always have compost piles around the woodline. I use about anything I get for the compost piles. But mostly I alternate green and brown grass layers. Adding a layer now and then of finished compost. Just before planting I always add a heavy layer of compost. Love what you are doing. Sure wish I had KZfaq 40 years ago. Thanks again for helping so many people. I believe there's a special place in heaven for people like you.

@priayief 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of your best videos! No gimmicks, no fuss, no dig, no cost, no fuss. Lots of flexibility. I like the idea of building your bed as the season progresses and materials become available. Thanks for posting. Cheers.

@rosewood513 9 ай бұрын

This is a wonderful video. I just sent it to a friend, she is starting a garden and doesn't want to dig, I don't blame her. This is how I started out in my new house. Thank you

@OakKnobFarm 4 жыл бұрын

I have rocky soil, and use this basic technique for my beds, too. Works great. I usually dig a trench 3 ft wide, 12" deep the length of the bed. I remove all the rocks for the dirt pile. Then I re-fill the trench in lasagna style, while also adding layers of soil as I go, until it's mounded up a bit above the surrounding surface. Couldn't be happier

@johnna4487 Жыл бұрын

@oak knobs farm how long does it take to break down?

@MrThatguy333 Жыл бұрын

@@johnna4487I know this is old but it only takes 3 months to fully break down during the spring or fall. Assuming you leave it alone without planting, but putting plants in makes it break down faster(depending on the plant)

@susanmarshall817 Ай бұрын

Happy that you do this and my father had taught us this around 1970. He had a geology major concentration and a biology minor and a junior high teacher. He also was a radar man in a submarine. We were too young to question him about 10 till 12 years old. We each had an 8 by 10 plot and we removed 2/3 of the orange colored dirt. The Rocks went to build the base of a nature path around the side of the pond

@susanmarshall817 Ай бұрын

Awesome@@MrThatguy333

@amandavhb1630 4 жыл бұрын

I love free! And the idea I can do this in my raised bed over many months. More money to spend on plants and seeds!

@susanmarshall817 Ай бұрын

Also as far as transporting leaves, back in the late sixties the early seventies we didn't have tarps with a family of five children. So we used an old bed sheet or an old blanket and that's how we carted them

@susanmarshall817 Ай бұрын

And my father the science and math teacher, was also a geologist briefly. But he had a family to raise and couldn't remain in canada. The amazing rocks. He inspired us and three of us in our 60s now are still finding rocks in a riverbed such as the Salmon River in connecticut. And incorporate them in the landscape. We're not robbing. Just taking a handful a couple times a year wherever we're taking a hike

@stephanbernard5748 3 жыл бұрын

Every one needs a buddy Steve.

@dogslobbergardens6606 4 жыл бұрын

I have a big pile of half-composted horse manure that I think will be perfect as part of a lasagna bed if I build it now. By next spring I reckon it will be composted nicely and ready to plant in.

@bernieshomestead6416 2 жыл бұрын

Steve is a great guy

@Terri_Stauffer 4 жыл бұрын

Just found the lasagna gardening book as I was packing to move. My father must have bought it years ago. Going to follow this when I start my new beds, have plenty of free brown and green material between the woods and grass, along with veggies in smart pots right now. Plan is to build beds in fall after renovations completed to let material start decomposing. I also bagged all my homemade compost and brought it’ll knew place to use. Did not want to just leave it, so rich and full of worms.

@umiluv 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I love that shirt. Just thinned some seedlings today and I was brutal. I didn’t the last batch and now I have too many plants that I don’t know what to do with. They’re taking up a lot of space haha. Never making that mistake again.

@kathystearns9012 2 жыл бұрын

Love your " I kill " T-shirt !!! 💕

@ghendar 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Oh yeah, I'm totally going to build one of these myself. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lasagna to get out of the oven

@angelajay13 3 жыл бұрын

Love the shirt 😂

@susanmarshall817 Ай бұрын

The first year of our 8 x 10 Gardens were the most difficult. Soil in New England is from glacial deposits. Mostly we have rock and sand and clay deposits. Because of the pond we had plenty of decaying matter at the outlet which was called black muck . And we also use kitchen scraps and turn them in every spring time. We actually saved over the winter in screwtop jars under the kitchen sink

@markstevenson9080 2 жыл бұрын

Your presentation was wonderfully rich in information anyone could follow no matter what their experience level in gardening. Hat's off to you! Keep up the good work! Now I will need to watch your other videos. Thanks again!

@susanmarshall817 Ай бұрын

The dairy farm next to us had plenty of manure dried out in the pasture across the road. We would just break that up maybe in a bucket of water sometimes but it was not fresh. Definitely dry. So each successive year is so much simpler than the first year. We had an acre and a half of lawn and leaves that we would pile along the perimeter of our property and then source that for the rich black dirt underneath.

@andrewperkin2179 2 жыл бұрын

I do this anyway adapting the dig concept, nice to see it outined in a video and given a name. The only thing is controlling for weeds as there are a lot of seeds in the bed.

@ayatti26 4 жыл бұрын

I agree. It is a plus to add scoops of soil or compost into the mix.

@DiscoChixify 4 жыл бұрын

I do this in my planter boxes. I put a planter box at the end of the row in my garden. Then I add about two inches of moss at the bottom. Then a layer of green compost scraps followed by a layer of brown compost scraps. I add earth worms to help with decomposition. Then I water it and add another green scrap layer. After that I put a layer of the clay heavy soil from the yard on top, just enough to cover the scraps. Then I repeat the layers; green, brown, earthworms, water, green, clay. Repeat until the planter box is full. I set up a second planter box next to it and repeat the process for that one. And so on. When planting time comes I mix the box and take out any scraps that haven’t broken down yet. Those go in my stacking composter in a lasagna pattern with layers of manure and a heavier amount of earth worms, to break down more slowly. The planter box that I previously composted in gets a layer of finished worm castings from the bottom layer of the stacking unit and then I add the seeds for the new crop. I also harvest worm tea from the stacking unit as a liquid fertilizer for my crops once a week on top of regular watering. Clay soil takes a long time and a lot of plant material to amend but it’s really good at holding on to nutrients. I add garden scraps to the lasagna whenever I can. Long term it would be nice to put the soil back in the ground and grow there, but my current method is growing tons of fruits/veggies/herbs/edible flowers just fine. The average household makes about 200 lbs of compostable waste every year. Thank you for teaching people how to use it in a variety of ways in their garden.

@susanmarshall817 Ай бұрын

Sounds excellent

@susanmarshall817 Ай бұрын

Show the green moss growing on one side of my lawn is going to be incorporated. I was just considering that before I reconstruct the surface

@YasChosenChild_70 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful for finally getting this started!👍

@KatBurnsKASHKA 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Scott. Love the tshirts!

@audreyhight 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your gardening info! I my gardening knowledge is expanding at a pace I get to control! I started my 1st lasagne compost because I have mountains of oak leaves to deal with every year, as well as a loot of cardboard! It was a struggle to keep up with the green layers but I finally met a neighbor who now supplies me with grass clippings every two weeks. I am in the forest, so I located my lasagne bed in a shadier spot, and use it as a slow compost bed, and oak leaf disposal system. I rotate spots where I bury garden and kitchen compost. I know it’s working well because this year I have 4 volunteer potato plants that moved into the bed. One was devoured by my regular deer visitors, so I dug itvup and discovered new potatoes -delicious! Now I’m using deer netting to protect the other 3 plants, and I hope to harvest potatoes in a few weeks. One question: Since my bed is so heavy on oak leaves, do I need to add any additional nutrients to get a better balanced soil? I am looking into shredding the leaves to help them avoid matting and compost more quickly.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Decomposed leaves have a lot of nutrients, but to get more I would suggest adding herbaceous ingredients like cut grass. The leaves are decomposed primarily by fungi and for a balanced soil you should have the green ingredients that are decomposed by bacteria.

@williamaitken7533 4 жыл бұрын

I really like the cardboard trick! I'm a new gardener and I saw it somewhere online, so when I got my raised beds ready in the spring, I put down cardboard first thing. I haven't had any problems with weeds (or in my case, mint that the previous home owner planted in the ground and let spread everywhere).

@heather482 4 жыл бұрын

It's what we did last yr. Plus another one this year. We can't physically turn our compost soo we make lasagna with our scraps/leaves/ manure ECT. This is a good way to make our clay dirt grow something. Lol

@heatherjolly8389 3 жыл бұрын

I love this idea of using stuff throughtout the year in next years lasagna garden, keep expanding every year!

@laace2003 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic!

@SpiceyKy 3 жыл бұрын

Starting this this evening as soon as it cools off. Thanks Scott!

@zachyweezer 2 жыл бұрын

this is the video i've been needing to see. thanks so much.

@seedsandsanity5525 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos! I learned so much! Thank you for sharing so many details

@denisemiller8620 4 жыл бұрын

Just got done reading the book "Lasagna Gardening" and loved it. Thanks for the video 😀

@binkybunnysway943 4 жыл бұрын

Totally brilliant!!! Absolutely loved and learned much

@kimiyemlsmallgardendream8115 4 жыл бұрын

Super interesting. I think I’m going to do this just to keep the ground warm during our winter if you can call it that, (may get to 31•F for a couple days)for my citrus trees. Got to ❤️ Ca coast.

@svetlanikolova7673 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos. I learned so much from you. Keep them coming? Much appreciation from Bulgaria.

@sharonanelson861 4 жыл бұрын

One of the better videos/explanations of lasagna gardening. I'm hoping we'll be able to move to another place where I can try it out. Thanks, Scott.

@MuhammadUsman-xg4yn 4 жыл бұрын

O yeah...!! I like your conversation style sir. You are legend agri field mentore..!! Best wishes for you always..

@marlenabarnes7280 4 жыл бұрын

I got that lasagna book right after it was published. I have gardened this way for years. I was amazed to see your video because I got that book out just this morning to read again! Lol I do always put manure in my recipe. I get it free from the county fairgrounds after the fair, they have lots of it. Lol

@huertaagroecologicalashada3199 3 жыл бұрын

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@kerrijavorka1763 Жыл бұрын

Really excellent video!

@heidiclark6612 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a very good way to compost. I have heard of this but never tried it.I wish I had the room to try it.

@DunningInsurance Жыл бұрын

Great video.. easy to follow and very informative ❤😊

@scottaloha8543 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely will do this! I have horrible clay soil and i want to plant squash . Time to collect the material!

@randyketcham3840 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott. Well done step by step video on how to set this method of gardening up and explaining how you make it work for you. I am experimenting with this method in a small area of my garden to see how the cardboard breaks down and the time it takes to do so at the base of the pile.

@nguyen7286 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Mr. Lebowski.

@sandy-rr1by 4 жыл бұрын

i was trying this in the yard, but just had too much loose shreded paper that worried me so i put a frame around to contain it...became a compost bin. plan is to move the bin once it breaks down and plant it in place! (can you tell i'm feelin quite clever!!!)

@alejandromunoz4110 4 жыл бұрын

great video and info. Thxs. Greetings from Argentina

@michaelmarchione3408 4 жыл бұрын

I really look forward to your videos. I think I have seen them all. The way you present yourself and your knowledge , well it is enjoyable and refreshing. Can't wait for the next one. I have been gardening for about 50 years and I am still learning every day and I want to learn more. Take care and stay safe.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@jzjones7819 3 жыл бұрын

I love your shirt 😂

@hardikp8954 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice in depth information 👍

@treebeard7140 4 жыл бұрын

Trying it this fall! Turning a rocky hill into a garden wish me luck.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@soulsaw666 4 жыл бұрын

thank you

@dianematuszewski540 4 жыл бұрын

Love the shirt.

@hugelpook 4 жыл бұрын

I like cooking too.

@rebeccazody1278 4 жыл бұрын

Love that shirt!

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's available in my merchandise store that you can access under my videos.

@madja279 4 жыл бұрын

Commenting on this video less than a min after it was posted. Theres already a down thumb?! Wth, people?

@joeltm8697 4 жыл бұрын

Is there such thing as dislike bots?

@diegonak4494 4 жыл бұрын

Probably just a missclick by someone who was too eager to start the learning experience

@binkybunnysway943 4 жыл бұрын

Think the thumbs down is going on a lot. We all keep getting it

@roflstomps324 4 жыл бұрын

It may be because of the type of composting... I can think of some issues.

@juneshannon8074 4 жыл бұрын

Alyssa McK some people are just plain mean!

@roccoconte2960 4 жыл бұрын

Getting the materials is the hard part , are you just making compost with this lasagna style gardening ?Good video Scott.

@robertlewis3336 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Compost piles are over-rated. Just toss it into the garden.

@dominic6055 Жыл бұрын

I like your shirt :)

@dominic6055 Жыл бұрын

minus the sweat LOL

@racebiketuner 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video. I'm learning so much on your channel. How concerned should I be about herbicides if I'm collecting grass from curbside collection piles? I understand some of them can take a long time to break down. I live in a neighborhood where most people have landscapers take care of their lawns and don't know what's being sprayed on them.

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

If you aren't sure of the source, you can still collect the grass but put it in a pile or compost bin for many months. Some herbicides can take months to dissipate.

@nualapower9323 Жыл бұрын

If I already have a garden with plants in it, but with very hard clay soil, do I do this method between, around the plants?

@elchefreedom5063 4 жыл бұрын

Gardener Scott, thx for another wonderful video. Would the weed seed heads be inoculated with the heat from the pile or would these become viable later in the planting process? Just wondering. Thx again and keep it up! Name is Brian 🤙🏽

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

This won't heat up like a compost pile so the seeds will stay viable. I use weeds with flower heads but before they set seed.

@joywalsh7072 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gardener Scott. I started mine last Fall & it's looking good for Spring planting! Question: can I use a NE corner under trees in my UK garden to make more soil this way? I would love to possibly make better use of that dead spot to make more "gold"!

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

Sure. I've made mounds of leaves, wood chips, grass, manure, and other organic materials I had and put them in back corners of the garden. It's a good use of space.

@joywalsh7072 3 жыл бұрын

Thats perfect. I appreciate your reply. All best to you Gardener Scott.

@joywalsh7072 3 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of using materials we & our neighbors already have on hand. Thanks for this great information. Question Gardener Scott...can I cover the pile with wet cardboard or will it rob the pile of oxygen? I was just thinking of ways to keep the squirrel off. Thanks!!

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

The cardboard will reduce oxygen levels until it begins to break down but it is better than plastic.

@joywalsh7072 3 жыл бұрын

@@GardenerScott will remove soon as i can then when food scraps start to degrade. Thanks Scott.

@theadley774 4 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering about millipedes in my compost but not many earthworms, is that a good thing? There are so many, it is a little off putting when I put compost in a pot and dozens of them are moving around. Could it be that the pile too wet? Thank you for all of your very informative well organized videos. They are a wonderful resource for any gardener!

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Millipededes can be good because they digest decaying organic matter. They like wet conditions so drying things out may reduce their numbers or cause them to move.

@scottaloha8543 3 жыл бұрын

How long would it take to break down to usable soil, on average? Thank you for this great idea!

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

Much depends on temperatures and moisture levels. Warm, moist conditions can break it down in a few months. It will take longer when drier and cooler.

@mrdill7792 4 ай бұрын

The dirt here is hard red clay. Breaking the ground is a nightmare. I’ve decided to try Lazzagna. Some of the steps I’ve taken in prep might help someone. Ive been collecting boxes from a food market. I’ve got a decent chicken poo, leaves and coffee ground compost pile cooking. Turning it once a week. It’s been 6 weeks and the leaves are broke down enough they are almost gone. Starbucks gives me big bags of grounds nightly. I’ve collected hundreds of pounds of spent coffee grounds. Getting free woodchips via piles the state has on a road project nearby. Workers told me I could take as much as I wanted. Some of it is halfway composted. The city gives away free leave compost for my dirt rows. If your area takes leaves then you can likely get compost there too. I’m sprouting my own plants. Do I need to worry about leaching from the woodchips affecting the soil/plants? I do have to feed my chickens but I spent zero getting the stuff for my garden. Just a lot of labor getting going.

@Ded-Ede 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget to add urine. Yes regular ole pee will help it decomposes fast with lots of nitrogen. Plus it us free liquid gold and better than water.

@PBRaft 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video! I am looking to build raised beds in my backyard this year, but I also want to incorporate the lasagna gardening method and plan to use peat and compost. I have a bad back so the beds might be 2-3 feet high and they will be build onto of established garden soil. Would you say this is possible and would I just incorporate the peat as a brown layer and compost in between green/brown? Thanks again!

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

You can definitely do this in a raised bed. The peat is a brown. I like the idea of compost as extra layers too.

@PBRaft 3 жыл бұрын

@@GardenerScott Thanks a lot!

@andrascalamandrei2426 3 жыл бұрын

would be more effective mixing hugelkultur and lasagna system to create a top soil?

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

That can be effective. Hugelkutur uses fungi to break down the material primarily and lasagna uses bacteria, so the blend can make a very healthy soil.

@amyisaac308 2 жыл бұрын

What keeps the weeds and cut grasses from sowing their own seeds into the bed?

@GardenerScott 2 жыл бұрын

If you cut the grass before it sets seed it will keep new plants from growing.

@nancygriffith7026 4 жыл бұрын

When you trim your tomatoes what do you do with the trimmings? Compost it??

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Most is composted, but I let small trimmings stay on the ground as extra mulch.

@geeyoupee 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardenerScott can you do this with tomatoes trimmings with powdery mildew? Or do you toss that?

@martindohnal7154 3 жыл бұрын

👌

@henryharmon578 3 жыл бұрын

That would take some serious patience to hold off for a year.

@Neldidellavittoria 4 жыл бұрын

I'd thought this up some years ago as a project for my future garden even before I'd heard of lasagna gardening. That brought confirmation it actually works. I had thought of adding some horse manure too. Would you recommend it?

@dogslobbergardens6606 4 жыл бұрын

Horse manure is not super-rich in nutrients but it sure has organic matter and holds water. Beneficial crawlies seem to like it as well. Just be sure it's not contaminated with persistent herbicides, that can be a bit of a nightmare.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, horse manure can be good. However, if the horses use salt licks I don't recommend it.

@Neldidellavittoria 4 жыл бұрын

@@GardenerScott Thank you!

@jendubay3782 3 жыл бұрын

I can never find enough green compost.

@michelles1517 Жыл бұрын

What about the crabgrass can I layer over that?

@GardenerScott Жыл бұрын

The cardboard and depth of organic matter should be enough to smother the crabgrass.

@elephantsong7782 3 жыл бұрын

Did the same but added grass as green material.a little afraid now that u said grass is considered brown material.Will I face any problems?

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

It depends on the grass, but you shouldn't have problems. I use dried grass so it is a brown. Fresh cut grass is a green.

@miriamb964 Жыл бұрын

I live in an extremely windy area- what can I do to keep my layers from blowing away?

@GardenerScott Жыл бұрын

Here's one of the things I do: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arJdhryf3LCXfXk.html

@notchclipz8123 3 жыл бұрын

Does the grass clippings have to be fresh or can they be dried out?

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

Either way. Green grass can clump together so I usually mix it with other material.

@irinb3887 3 жыл бұрын

Can I use the grocery store brown paper bags instead of cardboard?

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

Sure.

@dkingsb 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a link to where I can buy a copy of your shirt?

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

You can click on the merchandise links below my videos or check out the store here: kzfaq.info/love/WsI0LmiDyezbnN2JCL4P9wstore

@ohske 4 жыл бұрын

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@melaniehickman5389 7 ай бұрын

Everything needs to be untreated correct?? I haven't got access to ingredients that haven't been treated. Help

@GardenerScott 7 ай бұрын

Untreated is best, but most herbicides and pesticides will break down over time during the decomposition process.

@barbarakoenig3388 4 жыл бұрын

Where do I get clips to hold my plastic onto my tunnels

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

This is where I get mine. amzn.to/2ZzXpTn

@josmith4741 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Gardener Scott, I tried this method and was good except, I have Bermuda grass, it grew up through the cardboard and was a total bear to pull up and I was never able to get really rid of it. How can I do this type of gardening when I have this type of grass? Thanks love your videos.

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

Bermuda grass is a difficult problem. An herbicide to kill the Bermuda grass and then cardboard on top of that may work.

@hobysmith9825 4 жыл бұрын

@@GardenerScott Thank you for answering.

@matthewsweeney6612 8 ай бұрын

I would avoid herbicides and just layer your cardboard twice to three times as much. Overlapping pieces so there’s no cracks for it to grow through. Past that, just staying on top of weeding (I know, I hate it too)

@zachmays1642 3 жыл бұрын

Should I avoid using grass that may have gone to seed?

@GardenerScott 3 жыл бұрын

Avoiding grass and weeds that have gone to seed will reduce the risk of new weeds growing in the bed. If you don't mind pulling the small plants when they emerge, you can use them.

@gwynnethsmith9226 Жыл бұрын

It being January, is it too late to do a lasagna garden for this upcoming spring?

@GardenerScott Жыл бұрын

Maybe not, but it depends on your climate. It can take months for the material to decompose so if you have warm conditions and can keep the bed moist it might be usable for planting this year.

@gwynnethsmith9226 Жыл бұрын

@@GardenerScott I guess it won't hurt to start small and try. Thanks for the response and for sharing your knowledge!

@SuperEvilC 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Shirt 😛

@SuperMichelleDJ 4 жыл бұрын

I use pruned foliage as mulch, too. I've been layering my garden for a few weeks now with different stuff and my plants are growing amazingly well! You don't always need to buy fertiliser either, you just dig a nice big hole and throw some rotten meat in there but not too close to the roots of the plants of course, and then you fill that hole again and just leave it. This will eventually decompose and make the ground fertile by itself. This may not work if you guys get a lot of animals digging up the garden though. I'm pretty lucky in that sense, and I don't put any leftover meat and other rotten stuff in my garden all of the time, only once in awhile like every three or four months or something.

@emptynestgardens9057 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about critters and how to do this using some of my kitchen compost. I want to do this so much but we have skunks and racoons around here.

@damedesmontagnes Жыл бұрын

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@saminairfan45 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Gardener Scott😍: My neighbor uses “weed and feed” on his grass so can I still use the grass?

@johnellis8401 4 жыл бұрын

Yes you can! 😊

@GardenerScott 4 жыл бұрын

You can, but use the long decomposition process. Some of the herbicides can stay active for months so I don't recommend planting in the bed right away.