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  • From: "Charles de Matas" <cdematas@hotmail.com>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] Multiple digging without so much work.
  • Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:02:05 +0000

<< These days, unless I'm planting something like a tree or shrub, I
don't dig. I try to follow the Pc principle of "letting Nature do the
work.) For a quickie garden bed, I'll put down a layer of cardboard
or newspaper, cover with several inches of compost, and just plant my
seeds or transplants into the compost. I'll usually make a cut in the
paper/cardboard below each plant. When I have time to plan ahead,
I'll build a sheet mulch bed, let it rot for 3-6 months, and then
plant into that. I like Toby's sheet mulch recipe from _Gaia's
Garden_; it really *is* bulletproof.


Okay, I'll try it. I throw away a lot of newspaper anyway, so I might as well use it for mulching. The newspaper layer will probably help to suppress the grasses also, which I have great difficulty in controlling. Thanks.

Charles.

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