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  • From: carolyn anderson <cschampagne@gmail.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Question about getting started
  • Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 19:03:07 -0400

okjeedokee. I like this approach better, but I might get some pushback
from it. Good opportunity to educate, right?

Thanks again,
Carolyn


On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 6:34 PM, carolyn anderson <cschampagne@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I can make raised beds without the wood frames, I hope, since I'm doing
> > this on a budget.
> >
>
> Do not use wood frames for raised beds, only dirt, mounded up, much better.
>
>
> > So, do I want to use the weed block cloth I bought? I see it everywhere
> in
> >
>
> No, that is the wrong approach to gardening. You should use use biological
> weed control using mulch, manual weeding, allelopathy and cover crops
> (including more weeds, perhaps more controllable ones).
>
> the the various gardens, even those with the wood framed raised beds. The
> > management is very strict about keeping the weeds down (I guess to
> prevent
> > seeds from contaminating other people's gardens).
> >
>
> Just keep them cut down or pulled or covered with mulch and be sure not to
> let them go to seed.
>
> LL
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Carolyn




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