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Question about starting garden
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James Egan wrote: I'm planning on planting a small garden in my back yard. Currently there's lawn with grass growing where I want to plant. When you till the soil, can you just mix in the grass? Or should the grass be removed first, then tilled, and compost added? -Thanks Don't dig. Don't till. Here is a site from the impeccable Mother Earth News. http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organ.../Lasagna-Garde ning.aspx It is for gardening with out digging, to which I, and a few others here attest to its' efficacy. You are getting started a little late. Cover your garden area immediately with newsprint (no color) or cardboard, after spreading around some manure, bone meal, and maybe some wood stove ashes. Cover the paper with alfalfa (2" to 4"). Afterward, mulch with any kind of compost but try to fish emulsion with "organic" fish emulsion at least once amonth. Then water and wait ten days before you plant by poking holes through the paper/cardboard. Big plants to the north of the garden. Beds should be 4' wide. Stepping stones would be nice for the pathways, to keep from compacting the dirt too much. See if you can get "How to Grow More Vegetables" by John Jeavons http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/...=search-alias% 3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=How+to+Grow+More+Vegetables&x=0&y=0 from your local library. This fall, broadcast rye or buckwheat into your garden. Next year, repeat process. The plants that you grow will each be their own little universe. Learn what they need. Each one. This will be slow, but the deeper the understanding, the more they will reward you. -- - Billy "For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death." - Rachel Carson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI29wVQN8Go http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1072040.html |
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