Lasagna Gardening: Find Out Why You Should Care

 

Ground preparation is the first step to do when preparing for your lasagna garden. Trim all the grasses in the ground and just leave all the trimmed grass behind.

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Digging and soil turning. Dig your soil to about a foot deep and turn it several times. ……….

After you have finished digging and turning your soil in your lawn, it is now time to put the first layer of our lasagna garden. The first layer should consist of your brown materials. Cardboard boxes, straw, leaves, sawdust, and shredded scrap papers are just some examples of brown materials. ………..

After you have finished your first layer, the next thing to do is to alternately make subsequent layers of your browns and your greens. You can put as many layers as you want. Just remember, your browns should always outnumber your greens. Too much green in your layers will make your garden beds heat up much quickly. ……….

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