littlelemon
Chillin' In The Garden
I am a lazy gardener, and I tried something last fall that I am thrilled to report on as a success!
I like to expand my garden a little bit each year, I do it by hand, double digging and I hate it. Last fall when I cleaned out the chicken coop (I only do a BIG clean twice a year) I spread all the litter over the grass next to my garden where I wanted to expand it. Then I laid large, flattened cardboard boxes over the litter, overlapping oneanother so no weeds or grass could come up. Then I spread more litter on top of the boxes.
Yesterday scraped off the old litter and pulled up what was left of the boxes. Not much was left, they had mostly rotted away. Underneath was rich soil, and NO GRASS. The grass had been completely killed, there were a few clumps of roots here and there, but the soil was completely ready to be planted in!
I couldn't believe it! Now I can plant in a bed of soil that I spend absolutely no work preparing.
I am so ecstatic that I had to share. Even if you don't have manure to put on the grass you could still lay down boxes over the winter and kill your grass. I know that manure helped though, I tell you, there were so many earthworms when I pulled up those boxes, I know that soil is rich.
Off to plant!
I like to expand my garden a little bit each year, I do it by hand, double digging and I hate it. Last fall when I cleaned out the chicken coop (I only do a BIG clean twice a year) I spread all the litter over the grass next to my garden where I wanted to expand it. Then I laid large, flattened cardboard boxes over the litter, overlapping oneanother so no weeds or grass could come up. Then I spread more litter on top of the boxes.
Yesterday scraped off the old litter and pulled up what was left of the boxes. Not much was left, they had mostly rotted away. Underneath was rich soil, and NO GRASS. The grass had been completely killed, there were a few clumps of roots here and there, but the soil was completely ready to be planted in!
I couldn't believe it! Now I can plant in a bed of soil that I spend absolutely no work preparing.
I am so ecstatic that I had to share. Even if you don't have manure to put on the grass you could still lay down boxes over the winter and kill your grass. I know that manure helped though, I tell you, there were so many earthworms when I pulled up those boxes, I know that soil is rich.
Off to plant!
