Last Friday the forecast was for a mild day in the low 70’s (the first for us here up north) so I decided to take a day off and host a garden party (but not the same kind as Nathan’s). When Dad and Judy were here last fall they introduced us to lasagna gardening and we decided to try it. We had about five years of leaves in various degrees of composting and we spread it out over newspapers. Then we added about 8 to 10 inches of mushroom soil. I’m posting a couple of pictures of the work in progress. We have some broccoli to plant but want to put up a rabbit guard first.
Oh, yes, the forecast for the weather starting tonight and through tomorrow calls for snow and rain!
Woody
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looks like hard work!!
if you guys need a place to stay on your way down in april we would love to host you !! love janie
Your beds look good. It does take work and you still need to be aware of weeds. Maybe not so many the first year. It is hard to keep the grass out too. Dad
Whew! I hope it proves to give lots of produce!
They look quite nice! I hope you enjoy a plentiful harvest for years to come!
We’ve done lasagna gardening for many years. It works great for veggies and flowers alike! The last one Dad and I did was at our Charlotte house. We went to the place Emily did horseback riding and got some well-dried horse manure. We had beautiful plants and so many grape tomatoes we couldn’t keep up with them all!
Very nice. Lasagna gardening does produce a fine harvest. Thanks for sharing.
Hey, you should plant the whole thing in peas now as a cover and then later as you put in the warmer weather veggie plants you just plop your mulch down where you want to put your tomatoe or eggplants or whatever and let the peas remain in the spaces. mean while they are nitrogenizin’ and giving you peas and keeping the mulch moist and activated.
How fun! What does a rabbit guard look like?
A rabbit guard is a fence about 28 inches high with tight fitting wire on the bottom to keep out the pests. Sharon read about some sort of rabbit repellent as an alternative. Anyone have any experience with a rabbit repellent? We do have rabbits in our yard although I was thinking of putting them is a stew but then Katie will get upset.
Woody