Re: CULT: How to dry out bed?
- To: i*@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: CULT: How to dry out bed?
- From: L* H*
- Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 12:01:22 -0000
I filled the flower & veggie beds with compost and planted on top of
the news paper. Better Homes & Garden magazine is where I saw this
idea. The compost I got for free at the local landfills. Being a on
the move military family, I have had to keep landlords happy, by not
tearing up their yards. Upon moving I only had to rake off the
compost and toss down grass seed. Each time I did this the news
paper was bio-degraded and giving away the composted dirt was easy.
The only weeds I had to pull were the seeds that germinated. With
the loose compost these weeds came out easy. We are retiring and all
my perminate flower & veggie beds have been started the same way.
I 'putter weed' every few days. For me this is the way to garden.
Lucy Harris zone 8a - Coastal North Carolina
--- In iris-talk@egroups.com, storylade@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 8/1/2000 8:16:32 AM Central Daylight Time,
> harrisfamily@c... writes:
>
> << I layered news papers on the bottom, six layers thick or
> more. I do not plan on weeding. >>
>
> Did you plant through the newspaper or pile fill dirt on top of it
and then
> plant?
>
> Betty in Bowling Green KY
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