Lasagna Gardening

How do you grow pasta in a vegetable garden?

LOL....you don't. Hope you guys didn't miss me the past few days. But feel free to contact me with questions or comments when you don't hear from me. Now back to the blog and what is lasagna gardening.

Lasagna gardening is actually a technique for us gardeners who don't have time to dig, till, and pull weeds. Its a form a composting directly into your garden bed.

The best time to start this is during the fall so it gives your garden bed time to decompose for spring planting. This method is a perfect way on growing organic. The results will be a loose rich soil with plenty of nutrients.

Here's the recipe:
1- Cover your garden with 3 to 5 sheets of newspapers. No need to worry what's underneath whether its weeds or your lawn. That's the beauty of this technique.
2- Wet this layer good so it doesn't blow away & it will give you a head start on the decomposition process.
3- Put a thick layer of "green" materials like grassing clippings, raw vegetable scraps, raw fruit scraps, tea bags, egg shells, and coffee grounds.
4- Than a layer of "brown" materials like dried leaves, straw, shredded newspapers, shredded egg cartons (cardboard) and aged hay.
5- Continue to alternate the "green" and "brown" layers until at least 2 feet tall.
6- Than add a good layer of compost.
7- And mulch would be the very last layer.

You can start a lasagna garden in the spring as well but more compost & soil will be needed to be able to plant your seedlings right away.

And no worries if you don't have enough materials. You can always ask your family, friends and neighbors to help you with some of these materials. I'm sure they will be more than happy to give it away.

Happy Gardening!!!!!!!