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Expanding or creating a garden space often means removing well-rooted grass. Simplify the process (and save your back) with ...
But what’s the best way to proceed? There are several techniques, but the most favored is known as sheet mulching, a.k.a. lasagna mulching, which basically smothers your lawn under a ton of wet ...
Walter Battle shows how to lay sheet mulch, and Cathy Faust shows how to make strawberry jam. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Area Specialist Walter Battle ...
Sheet mulching is a useful technique for getting rid of weeds in large areas of your garden. It’s cheap, effective and is a way to kill weeds without using herbicides. Using newspaper or ...
Other products include paper (e.g., in rolls, or sheet mulch), yard compost, hulls from nuts (almonds) or cereals (rice), municipal composts, and stones.” With current organic waste laws ...
The happy-hour talk will highlight the benefits of sheet mulching. If you missed the Native Plant Society’s big sale last weekend, don’t despair. There’s another chance to stock up on great ...