Lasagna garden

I'm documenting my first attempt at creating a no-till garden using the "Lasagna" gardening method.
I've been a long time fan of square foot gardening in raised beds, and am looking forward to incorporating succession planting into this type of garden as well. Many people use newspapers as a first layer instead of cardboard, but for me, it was easier to gather and use cardboard. I was careful to remove staples and any
plastic packing tape on the boxes. Stay tuned for updates on how the garden does as the summer progresses.

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• Lasagna gardening
• no till gardening
• homesteading
• hobby farming
• Michigan gardening

[soupsdone]

thanks for sharing the video. Did you introduce the worms to the lasagna bed or will they naturally find my bed and aid in the composting of the materials?

[Michigansnowpony]

@soupsdone -- Trust me, if you build it, they will come. ; )

[Katzenjammer58]

You don't "turn" a no till bed. Nature takes care of that. You don't need to add soil! You are building soil. Just keep adding hay and it will be perfect.

[Michigansnowpony]

@Katzenjammer58 It was my preference to til the soil. One wouldn't have to I guess. We added soil so as to be able to plant that year. Yes, we could have waited for nature to make the soil, but I didn't want to wait another year before using the beds. We will be adding compost to the beds as it is created / needed. Thanks for the comment.

[LottieSue]

I'm confused. I thought the whole point of a L. Garden was that you don't need to turn it?

[Michigansnowpony]

@LottieSue -- Well, maybe that's the right way to do it, but I often deviate from the correct way to do things.  ; )

[MrsReverendDr]

If you keep the bed moist things will break down much faster

[maschenck82]

I started to build my first lasagna garden a month ago. So far I have: newspaper, peat moss, straw, compost and then a thin layer of blood meal. Now that it has been fall, I've put another layer of straw and now adding chopped leaves. I will put another layer of straw and leaves if I have time before the snow flies. WIll it be bad let it bake over winter with the leaves on top? Just the combo of leaves and straw makes me wonder if it will break down by spring? Thought I'd ask since. TIA

[mylilsaffire]

@roseforvendetta the worms are what make soil......if you take the worms out your soil dies...

[minorchad]

@roseforvendetta Huh?

[minorchad]

Plant right in the mulch! That's it! Really! Don't till. Don't turn. Don't fuss. Don't add top soil stripped from some other place. Just plant, mulch with straw or leaves or grass and go away.

[Katzenjammer58]

@roseforvendetta

I'd love to know how you 'garden' without worms. Where on earth did you get the idea that worms take the value out of soil?????????? Idiot