Lasagna Gardening?

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Permalink Reply by Candy on September 4, 2009 at 5:32am

Yes I have heard of it. The woman I was reading her info about it had great luck. And her gardens were beautiful. I would like to try that also.

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Permalink Reply by Debbie Jackson Wagers on September 4, 2009 at 7:45am

I have the book and have been experimenting with Lasanga Gardening about three years. It is a great and easy way to start new beds as you said. I've used layers of brown cardboard also which I find a little faster and easier to control in windy weather especially. The earthworms love the paper. The key is to keep the mulch layer thick or the weeds can still take advantage. So far I've been very pleased with the results!

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Permalink Reply by Heather on September 4, 2009 at 8:46am

I have heard of this, but don't know much about it. Would anyone mind describing how it's done? Also, do you start in the fall or the spring?

I would love to enlarge my garden for next year, but we are on terribly rocky soil and don't have any equipment. It took a HUGE amount of work to get everything dug and tilled last spring (not that I'm against work).

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Melaine Hitt on September 5, 2009 at 10:46pm

You can get your beds ready in the fall, and by spring you will have really nice soil for planting! I did, however, make a couple of small beds over a weekend, with plants even. It was easy, and my plants are doing great. I think if you google "Lasagna Gardening 101", that should get you to a couple of good information sites.

Heather said:

I have heard of this, but don't know much about it. Would anyone mind describing how it's done? Also, do you start in the fall or the spring?

I would love to enlarge my garden for next year, but we are on terribly rocky soil and don't have any equipment. It took a HUGE amount of work to get everything dug and tilled last spring (not that I'm against work).

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Gloria Jacobsen on September 7, 2009 at 11:22pm

I haven't heard of this method, but I am willing to try. Let us know what's going on and how it is doing.
I am using the raisied bed method. I was able to grow tomatoes and herbs. The rabbits got
to the flat garden but left the raised beds alone. :D I have cleche and this needs something added
so raised beds is good for me, but lasagna gardening is interesting. Blessings, Gloria

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Permalink Reply by Paula DiSanto on September 14, 2009 at 1:09pm

I saw this method on TV and will try it next year, perhaps. We have raised beds right now which are GREAT for keeping down weeds--but this Lasagna method is more eco-friendly. Good luck to all who try it!

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Permalink Reply by Heather on September 14, 2009 at 5:08pm

I was SO blessed a few days ago! Our library allows homeschoolers to take (for free) books from their 'for sale' shelves. I walked over there and on the bottom shelf were copies of Lasagna Gardening and Square Foot Gardening in excellent condition! Now, if I can only find time to read...

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Permalink Reply by Melaine Hitt on September 14, 2009 at 6:29pm

That's so cool! Both of those methods work really well together. I live in a suburb of Seattle, so I don't have tons of space to have a garden. The square foot method has been great for us!

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Permalink Reply by Sara Jane on October 5, 2009 at 9:47pm

We are planning on using these two methods combined - raised begs and lasagna gardening. (i hope that makes sense)
I've heard of some people with raised beds having trouble with them coming apart after a few seasons. Anyone have any advice for this?

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Permalink Reply by ellen on October 23, 2009 at 5:44pm

this sounds interesting.....but obvious question --- why do they call it lasagna gardening? Initially, I clicked on this discussion bc I thought it was about planting all your veggies (tomatoes, spinach, zucchini etc) for all upcoming lasagna nights! :) hehehe LOL

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Permalink Reply by Melaine Hitt on October 25, 2009 at 2:48am

I think it's called Lasagna gardening, because you are layering your organic material like you layer your lasagna. For the garden you would first put a layer of peatmoss, or hay, then a layer of composted manure, then a layer of leaves, etc. This is like a lasagna, where first you put a layer of noodles, then tomato sauce, then veggies & cheese, then more noodles etc.

So far, I have found that you really need to continually add organic material & mulch. This helps keep the weeds at bay. I took a break after my first couple of layers, and the weeds are rearing their ugly heads! Still, it's easier than your traditional gardening, where you till, weed, plant, weed some more, and then weed after that all season long. I'm sure that if I had kept up on it, I would have very few weeds in my Lasagna garden. I'll keep updating, as I find out how well it works. (Or how unwell, ha ha.)

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Permalink Reply by Linda Mulrose on October 25, 2009 at 4:07pm

Yes - I read Lasagna Gardening and Square Foot Gardening a couple of years ago and believe it to be one of the best gardening methods I have ever tried.

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