Edible Gardening |
Lasagna Gardening could be called lazy-man’s gardening or super-efficient gardening. The benefits of this style of gardening is to enhance and continue good soil tilth, feed the soil, protect the soil from erosion and provide a low cost way of dealing with debris. This is a great way to build new beds or put beds to sleep for the winter. Any fleshy green manure will work . For example, any veggie plants that are no longer producing. This picture demonstrates lasagna gardening at its best. Here are the layers: 1) Ground layer 2) Cut pieces 3”-8” long lay on top 3) Then apply a straw layer 2”-3” thick 4) Soil or compost 1” thick 5) Repeat step 2-4 one more time 6) Then apply coffee bean bags, weed fabric or straw to protect the soil. 7) Or plant winter crops right on it. Notes: If applying winter crop sprinkle the seed as even as possible on top of soil and layer straw as the erosion control If planting starts plant right into the layers. DO NOT put blackberry cuttings or ivy in lasagna gardening. Zucchini will have a core piece of the stalk that you can just put into the compost bin Voilà, you are lasagna gardening! ENJOY!!! IMPORTANT: If you are using this method on a bed with existing plants make sure you stay about 3” to 6” away from the base of the plant. This is to prevent the plant from being smothered....
