RE: RE: sod< leaves

You can plant a lasagna bed the same day you build it.  Wish y'all could see my cardinal convention right outside this window!!  :-) 

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Theresa- yahoo" <tchessie@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 07:08:33 -0800

>Gotcha-  I have done similar too.  Sometimes, though I need a bed available
>faster ( like to plant a ton of bulbs in before winter really sets in).  By
>the way, how do you keep your leaves from blowing away?
>
>Theresa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
>Behalf Of Kitty Morrissy
>Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 9:38 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: RE: [CHAT] RE: Theresa, found the perfect thing for you.....
>
>
>No, no.
>I outline a new bed, then shred leaves and pile them about a foot high on
>top of the grass.  Over the winter this kills the grass and the leaves
>decompose down to only a few inches over the dead grass.  In late spring I
>just turn everything over so that the leaf mold and dead grass get mixed
>into the soil providing humus, thus improving the clay soil.  This way I
>use the leaves, there's no sod to remove(meaning less back-braking labor),
>and the bed is greatly improved.
>
>Kitty
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Theresa- yahoo <tchessie@yahoo.com>
>>
>> Let me get this straight- you put sod into your shredder?  If this is
>> correct- what a great idea!
>>
>> Is yours gas powered?
>>
>> Theresa
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Behalf Of Kitty Morrissy
>>
>> Most years I steal my neighbor's leaves and shred them for leaf
>> mold or to kill grass for a new bed. (no need to send sod to the dump)
>> Come spring I just turn it over adding humus to the new bed.
>
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