I use it regularly for starting new beds or when I have enough cardboard (newspaper is too hard to hold down) it is great for reclaiming weedy parts of my veggie garden. I use horse manure as one layer and put straw (not hay....hay has seeds) on top of the cardboard for a tidier appearance. jwww

Used for about 6 yr now. Will never weed again. Love it. Have done new beds right over lawn with cardboard, and wrapped newspaper (8 layers) around existing shrubs and plants. Pile it up and plant right over it. FANTASTIC

I got started w/lasagna gardening last year. I did a trial run with part of my garden and was so completely impressed with the results that I am slowly taking over our unused lawn/grass areas and turning them into weed free beds. Not only are they weed free, but the plants thrive in them! I use newspapers covered with horse manure (neighbors provide a free source),grass clippings, straw . . .just whatever I can get my hands on that is (preferably) free. I use the free bark mulch from the arborist for the paths between the beds. The only place I have had any problem is on the paths where I didn't make it thick enough and the grass has poked through.

My four closest neighbors all watched what I was doing (with interest and more than a healthy dose of skepticism). After seeing how well it did all of them have begun using this method on their property too. Now we have a whole lasagna neighborhood!

i started a small lasagna bed. so far so good. i used a wet newspaper, straw, alfalfa pellets, cornmeal(wife gonna kill me), spoiled veggies from the market and bagged compost. i must have used too much veggies cuz there is a bad small from the bed. i will start a larger bed for veggies in a week or two. a co-worker has two horses and i will hit him up for some poop.

Can someone please elaborate on this a bit more.I think I know what lasagna gardening is but not totally sure if I am correct here.So please..and what is your main reason for doing so...Thanks

Check out the soil, composting forum on G/W. There is an incredible amount of excellent info there. I started it this year in my veggie garden because our soil is dreadful clay and it is full of nasty weeds. In April I put down a layer of cardboard and then just piled on anything I could get my hands on to a depth of about 20 inches. Last year's leaves, grass clippings, the neighbour's barn manure, fresh grass clippings, all in layers. In May I made small depressions which I filled with compost and then planted tomatoes into 2 and squash seeds into the other 2. The plants took off! I have had to water very little -- actually now more than earlier, and the plants are taking over my garden! I haven't had as good a tomato crop as I would like --most of them are still green, but the squash is incredible. Later in the summer I added a couple more using grass clippings and shredded paper with a bin of compost. Same results. The last row I did was June 12th -- it's hardly anything more than wood chips, grass clippings, compost and I didn't wait, just planted corn seeds into it right away. My corn is now at least 8 feet high and setting cobs. The weeds are buried and at least these parts of my garden are under control. I heartily recommend it.

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