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GheeGhee
Cool post, I'll have to try that with the cardboard if I ever plant grass again.
posted by
WileyJohn
on February 22, 2015 at 2:12 PM
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I want to remember how to find this when I get my place, if I get my place.
posted by
Inside_The_Purple_Purse
on February 22, 2015 at 6:55 AM
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Sounds very resourceful.
posted by
TAPS.
on February 21, 2015 at 12:40 PM
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Good post. I think I will try that on a couple of areas I have. Thanks.
posted by
Justi
on February 21, 2015 at 9:45 AM
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That does sound like a good idea, and a time ( and work ) saver! My wife enjoys working on both her flower bed, and her garden, and I'll have to pass this along to her come Spring . . . if it ever gets here! Thanks for sharing . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on February 20, 2015 at 2:06 PM
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sounds like a good idea. I usually dig out the grass and cart it away to where the back yard is low lying and am building a dam...then I get old plastic bags I collect over winter and place around the edges. I refill my area with black earth which is sheap and good for plants and plant away...but I am getting older and have arthritis so am almost done with extending. I think I will give your way a try.
posted by
Kabu
on February 20, 2015 at 11:08 AM
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That sounds like a great idea you have there.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on February 20, 2015 at 11:08 AM
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Re:
C C T, I never use chemicals. They kill everything, poison the dirt and nothing grows. I'm all about the natural approach to gardening. You will find it very successful around trees, because you don't have to dig except to create the holes to plant. No hitting roots.
posted by
Gheeghee
on February 20, 2015 at 10:18 AM
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Re: Raised beds are great, too!
Ciel, it absolutely works for raised beds. In fact my inlaws have several raised beds and use this method to compost the waste in their raised veggie gardens right in the beds. They aren't really scientific about it, they dig out some dirt here and there, lay down the cardboard over the spent plants, then toss the dirt they just dug out on top and let it overwinter. By spring the cardboard is disintegrated and the beds are ready to plant.
posted by
Gheeghee
on February 20, 2015 at 10:13 AM
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Re:
Hey Bill, thanks for reading! Hope it gives people ideas, especially during this insane winter we are having here in the Northern region of the continent.
posted by
Gheeghee
on February 20, 2015 at 10:07 AM
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Well when you said kill grass I thought you were going to use chemicals. I covered a large patch of rough grass with heavy black polythene in the late summer and then three months later dug it over. The frost has broken it up nicely. One has to make sure the polythene is secured firmly. For a smallish patch your idea is brill for flowers.I might do it on some awkward patches between trees.
posted by
C_C_T
on February 20, 2015 at 10:06 AM
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Re:
Purple Purse, I got it from a book titled "food not lawns". I love planting flowers and growing stuff. Especially super-hot peppers.
posted by
Gheeghee
on February 20, 2015 at 10:06 AM
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Re: GG
Naut...hey, it takes all kinds I guess. LOL
posted by
Gheeghee
on February 20, 2015 at 10:05 AM
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Raised beds are great, too!
Your method carried out within the boundaries of a plank-sided box will make a garden that doesn't require so much deep bending.
I have lots of boxes from moving days... Now I have a use for them!
posted by
Ciel
on February 20, 2015 at 8:17 AM
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Soft advice. Excellent!
posted by
BC-A
on February 20, 2015 at 7:47 AM
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Impressive!
posted by
Inside_The_Purple_Purse
on February 20, 2015 at 7:46 AM
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GG
Excellent lawn-killing recipe, LOL, but I think we'll just keep ours! My LSW likes mowing it...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 20, 2015 at 7:00 AM
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