Remember compost can be odorous so find a spot far enough away from open windows in your house.
The brown layers provide carbon to the garden, and the green layers provide nitrogen.
Cardboard or newspaper make an excellent bottom layer because they will smother grass and weeds within the garden bed.
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Water this bottom layer to hold it in place and encourage decomposition.
Simply dig down into the bed as you would with any other garden.
you’re able to let the lasagna garden sit and break down all winter.
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By spring, it should be ready to plant.
The bed will settle over the season as the layers underneath decompose.
Tips for Making a Lasagna Garden
Yes and no.
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If you start your lasagna garden in the fall, it will be ready for planting by the spring.
It may also be available in small quantities at home improvement or nurseries.
Yes, you’ve got the option to use wood chips as part of your brown materials.
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However, do not use treated lumber or landscape mulch bought at the store.
Wood chips for composting should come from the downed limbs and branches of trees and shrubs.
The best part about lasagna gardening is that no tilling is required.
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The cardboard layer should also eliminate your need for weeding.
Lasagna Method.Hennepin County Master Gardeners.
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