Bill Robinson wrote: > > > I would deal with the "overgrown plot" on the other side of the Winter's > cold by hand weeding, cleaning up by picking and raking as best you > can, watering thoroughly to get the bulk of the remaining weeds to > come up, hand weeding, and then putting down a good, thick bed of > compost and/or well composted manure. Rake to smooth as well as > to rake in a tad, water, wait and then hand weed again. Add an > additional layer of compost and/or well composted manure and then > plant your garden. >
Bill, how thick do you make your layers of compost? Have
you ever
tried the newspaper method? If so, how do you think the two
methods
stack up? (I may have the opportunity to try no dig myself
in the near future -- got an interlibrary loan request in on
Stout even as we speak.)
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Jessie
New York City
j e s 2 2 at columbia dot edu
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