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29-06-2003, 06:32 AM

(GSHATTERHAND) wrote in message ...
I really appreciate all the information on using layers of newspaper over the
sod, and compost and soil over that. But I want to be certain of one
thing......once I've laid down the newspaper, and covered it with compost and
soil, is there any reason I can't immediately plant annuals in my new flower
bed? Do I have to wait for any reason? I'm hoping to put my couple dozen
house-grown giant celosia in my new full sun flowerbed.

To make a flower bed and survive the event, buy enough bags of compost
and manure at WalMart to cover the new bed. Lay the bags unopened over
the area leaving NO space uncovered. Come back in the spring. Slit the
bags and dump the contents over the "flower bed." Rake smooth and
plant. NO work. No newspapers. No digging. NO heart attacks or heat
stroke. I speak from experience here. NEVER will I EVER dig sod out
again LOL.
KSHULLER