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  • From: Scott Vlaun <scott@moosepondarts.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Question about getting started
  • Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 22:30:16 -0400

At our community garden, faced with the same kind of heavy weed issue and questionable soil, went with cardboard mulch right over the weeds, then a compost/loam mix and mulch over that. It has been quite productive, with yearly top dressing of compost. The quack grass has found it's way back in places but it seems like most folks are keeping it in check. No poisonous snakes reported.


Scott Vlaun Moose Pond Arts+Ecology Design Solutions for a Sustainable Future
35 Moose Pond Rd, Otisfield, Maine 04270 • 207-539-9042

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together - African Proverb

On May 5, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Alia Tsang wrote:

Another thing to consider is that weed blocking cloth is basically plastic
fibers made by a giant chemical company like DuPont and it won't ever break
down. Ah, the miracles of science.

One option is to cover weeds with 2-3 overlapping layers of cardboard (or
newspaper, but you'd need a lot more layers), then put a few inches (at
least 3, more if you can) of mulch on top of that. If you're doing raised
beds and digging or tilling anyway, you could cardboard mulch the paths so
you don't have to till them or put too much effort into keeping them weed
free. If any weeds manage to grow through the cardboard and mulch, they'll
be floppy and stringy from lack of light and should be easy to pull out.

Alia
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