Re: Burpee's "Lawnbuster"

**LEE REICH l*@hvc.rr.com**

Fran, you're right: laying down newspaper, then mulch, does make a garden
that you can plant immediately. Ands that's essentially the process I
describe in my book WEEDLESS GARDENING ($8.95, Workman Publishing). I do go
into more detail iin my book, with details such as assessing the site (you
can't expect plants that like well-drained soil to grow to thrive in poorly
drained soil no matter how you start a garden, for example), kinds of
mulches, and -- most important -- avoiding future soil compaction and
maintaining such a garden year after year.

Lee

fran gustman wrote:

> I know people in New England who spread 3-5 layers of newspaper and top
> it with enough mulch to keep it from blowing. Then they plant right
> through it but cutting an X. Works immediately that season, every time.
> Burpee's method doesn't sound like anything new to me. It just has a good
> name.
>
> Fran
>
> On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:41:31 -0500 "Daryl Pulis" <pulis@mindspring.com>
> writes:
> > Has anyone here tried Burpee's "Lawnbuster" method and product?
> >
> > I've used mulch to kill turf, but to be effective, it's needed a
> > full summer
> > season rather than the winter that they suggest. I'm in the South,
> > however,
> > where many things are weird.
> >
> > Daryl
> >
> >
> >
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