Athena
Chillin' In The Garden
Greetings All...
Even tho, I am STILL in Iraq... I am heading home in 9 glorious weeks, and have so much planned...
I've been here, perusing seed catalogues, gardening forums, gardening sites, etc.....
and because I dont have time to prep the soil, prep the beds, I was thinking more along the lines of container gardening for this planting season, and get to working on my compost bin and prep the beds and soil for fall planting.
I have so many questions on raised beds and lasagna gardening. For as long as I can remember, I planted direct in the ground. But, now so many prefer rasied beds.. Why??
What are the advantages, disadvantages of gardening on raised beds...and, what do you all think of lasaga gardening? What is it exactly??.. Just a layered way of gardening?
I've lost touch having been in the desert for the last 10 months, so any info to shed light to help me in my planning would be much appreicated.
BTW, Im in zone 8b (sometimes 9 ) in most zone charts... Jacksonville, FL.
Awaiting your thoughts.... and wisdom....
Even tho, I am STILL in Iraq... I am heading home in 9 glorious weeks, and have so much planned...
I've been here, perusing seed catalogues, gardening forums, gardening sites, etc.....
and because I dont have time to prep the soil, prep the beds, I was thinking more along the lines of container gardening for this planting season, and get to working on my compost bin and prep the beds and soil for fall planting.
I have so many questions on raised beds and lasagna gardening. For as long as I can remember, I planted direct in the ground. But, now so many prefer rasied beds.. Why??
What are the advantages, disadvantages of gardening on raised beds...and, what do you all think of lasaga gardening? What is it exactly??.. Just a layered way of gardening?
I've lost touch having been in the desert for the last 10 months, so any info to shed light to help me in my planning would be much appreicated.
BTW, Im in zone 8b (sometimes 9 ) in most zone charts... Jacksonville, FL.
Awaiting your thoughts.... and wisdom....