Re: no-til gardening (Newspaper Over Soil)

I have used newspaper over my soil, piling on organic matter over the top of it,
in the past very successfully.  I like it, works well to keep out competing
weeds, hold in moisture etc.  There is one important consideration however:  The
newspaper will effectively keep water from entering the soil as well!  I solved
this initially by stabbing it with my garden fork, which worked well with
tomatoes and less so with others - the eventual solution was drip tubing under
the newspaper - viola a whole system...

David King
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