Comments on: Total lawn elimination using no-till beds http://cricketbread.com/blog/2009/12/28/total-lawn-elimination-using-no-till-beds/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:41:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jacquie http://cricketbread.com/blog/2009/12/28/total-lawn-elimination-using-no-till-beds/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 Jacquie Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:41:41 +0000 http://cricketbread.com/blog/?p=733#comment-1582 you're on the right track! I lived in an area that was all heavy clay -- nothing but acid-loving weeds grew. Over the winter as produce disappeared from the freezer, I would restock with bagged vegetable clippings, fruit cores etc. - anything edible and not meat or fat. In the spring and during the summer I would layer these "saved goodies" between the cardboard, raked-up dead grass, newly-pulled green grass, newspaper (black ink only), and weeds pulled from existing garden beds, whatever I could find. Do not laugh...I even piled in deer and moose droppings. Throughout all of these layers I sprinkled generously the soil from one bed left unplanted for this purpose along with the soil mulch found in the woods by uprooted trees. Within a few years I had several beds all producing abundantly. Every fall I would add spoilt produce collected from wherever I could find some and made sure earthworms were present to do their work over the winter. Beautiful soil! you’re on the right track! I lived in an area that was all heavy clay — nothing but acid-loving weeds grew. Over the winter as produce disappeared from the freezer, I would restock with bagged vegetable clippings, fruit cores etc. – anything edible and not meat or fat. In the spring and during the summer I would layer these “saved goodies” between the cardboard, raked-up dead grass, newly-pulled green grass, newspaper (black ink only), and weeds pulled from existing garden beds, whatever I could find. Do not laugh…I even piled in deer and moose droppings. Throughout all of these layers I sprinkled generously the soil from one bed left unplanted for this purpose along with the soil mulch found in the woods by uprooted trees. Within a few years I had several beds all producing abundantly. Every fall I would add spoilt produce collected from wherever I could find some and made sure earthworms were present to do their work over the winter. Beautiful soil!

]]> By: Nicole http://cricketbread.com/blog/2009/12/28/total-lawn-elimination-using-no-till-beds/comment-page-1/#comment-1547 Nicole Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:47:34 +0000 http://cricketbread.com/blog/?p=733#comment-1547 No-till gardening is the best! I did a garden (20'x30') in our backyard last year using this method and it's worked wonderfully! Instead of cardboard though I used a few layers of wet newspaper and then piled about 6-8" of compost on top that we got from the city on the cheap. I planted in the spring and didn't have any problems with grass throughout the growing season. And, then all I am planning to do this year is add some leaves on top and do a little hand tilling and hopefully it'll be good to go. I've also seen this method of gardening called "lasagna" gardening - there's a decent book on it, but it's quite repetitive. Digging the website, Trace! No-till gardening is the best! I did a garden (20′x30′) in our backyard last year using this method and it’s worked wonderfully! Instead of cardboard though I used a few layers of wet newspaper and then piled about 6-8″ of compost on top that we got from the city on the cheap. I planted in the spring and didn’t have any problems with grass throughout the growing season. And, then all I am planning to do this year is add some leaves on top and do a little hand tilling and hopefully it’ll be good to go. I’ve also seen this method of gardening called “lasagna” gardening – there’s a decent book on it, but it’s quite repetitive. Digging the website, Trace!

]]> By: Ali http://cricketbread.com/blog/2009/12/28/total-lawn-elimination-using-no-till-beds/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 Ali Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:26:38 +0000 http://cricketbread.com/blog/?p=733#comment-1543 another great post! Love the easy to remember layer cake idea & that those boxes are doing so much more than they would have. Can't wait to see how it looks after all the baking & eating. :) Hope you are all doing great. Miss you in Wilmington, but this is such a wonderful thing you are doing out there! another great post! Love the easy to remember layer cake idea & that those boxes are doing so much more than they would have. Can’t wait to see how it looks after all the baking & eating. :)

Hope you are all doing great. Miss you in Wilmington, but this is such a wonderful thing you are doing out there!

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