Gardening

NJCher

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9. cardboard questions

Sun Jan 5, 2020, 08:29 PM

Jan 2020

Was the cardboard layer you put down shredded or was it flat pieces of cardboard? If it was shredded, how did you shred it?

How did you learn about lasagna gardening?

I'm envious of your ability to grow pineapples!

Today when I was working at my community garden, I was digging up wood chips. The wood chips were delivered last spring. We used most of them up last year but there are still some left and I was digging them to use on the paths. Most had already composted!

However, I think some wood chip compost skews the ph level, so I have to check into that before I put any into the beds. I need to do a soil test anyway.

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anyone doing any gardening? [View all] onethatcares Dec 2019 OP

Hay or straw? Hay normally would have weed seeds. sinkingfeeling Dec 2019 #1

I think it's hay onethatcares Dec 2019 #2

Might be marsh hay Lefta Dissenter Dec 2019 #3

Well, in the farm states, straw is normally used for Halloween decorations. sinkingfeeling Dec 2019 #5

Are the stems in the bales big and yellowish? csziggy Dec 2019 #7

no seed heads to speak of onethatcares Dec 2019 #8

If you have not already discovered her, Google "Ruth Stout". Her books and articles are way Atticus Dec 2019 #4

getting ready to do garden planning. Next year will be all new for me! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2019 #6

cardboard questions NJCher Jan 2020 #9

i used a layer of onethatcares Jan 2020 #10

wood, composting, and paths NJCher Jan 2020 #11

check out onethatcares Jan 2020 #12

I bought a new old house about 7 years ago, and the backyard was the same htuttle Mar 2020 #13