permaculture

["Charles de Matas" <cdematas@hotmail.com>]

<< 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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