Lasagna Gardening

[alfie]

1. Wow. You are on the way to a great garden.

10 years ago I used cardboard to cover my entire yard...it was a small one. I had a truck then, a better back, and a lot more energy. I hauled loads of mushroom compost to fill flower beds and the 4 raised beds I had put in for a veggie bed. The results were amazing. You will get to the same place but using your own stuff! I compost to add to my beds each year, but since I only have kitchen scraps, coffee grinds and yard waste, I don't get enough to make much. I covered my veggie beds with mulch and am pushing it aside, dumping my kitchen scraps and coffee grinds then pulling the mulch back over it. So I am lasagna layering to top off the beds. I could never have gotten enough to fill the beds to start with.