anyone doing any gardening?

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13. I bought a new old house about 7 years ago, and the backyard was the same

Did the same lasagna gardening treatment in the backyard. Worked great, and kept all the tall weeds that had taken over down.

Even as little as 4 years later, there was no trace of the cardboard I'd placed initially. There might still be some down there, but there's a half foot or more of topsoil on top of it now.

I stopped gardening for a few years, since I got a better job, which correspondingly came with less free time. But this week I decided that I'm going to dig up the backyard again this year (about 1/20th acre of plantable area, not huge) and go the victory garden route.

Just seems like a good idea.

Going to skip the squash this time though, since I don't care for it, and go with some melons instead. I love some melon.

Tomatoes always go well, Chard, Peppers, then standards like Onions, Potatoes and Carrots.