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Old 15-11-2011, 08:06 PM
lannerman lannerman is offline
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Location: Lanner. Cornwall.
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have about 300 sq ft lawn area i am converting to vegetable garden. have
put down cardboard and newspapers and covered with about 3 inches of
shreaded leaves. anything else i should do before the snow arives?
The only thing I'd add to other replies is that i'd have sprayed the grass first with roundup and let it die down before covering it with the cardboard and leaves, then by spring, it would be ready for cultivating as all the perennial weeds and grass would be long gone.
Lannerman.