Lasagna gardening
Thursday, April 1st, 2010A non traditional form of gardening the lasagna gardening is done by a method of layering sheets or garden beds similar to the process of the method of making lasagna. A number of organic materials are mixed into the soil making it a highly nutrient and bio-intensive gardening with a much higher yield than ordinary gardening. The method of lasagna gardening is a no till gardening no digging process of gardening which makes gardening extremely easy. Moreover there is no use of any power tools or any other heavy equipment. The lasagna gardening method can is also being employed in the container gardening process. The lasagna garden is not dependent on the product that is being cultivated rather it is the process of growing anything in the garden with the help of organic material that enriches the layers and makes it extremely loose and fluffy. Materials that can be used are newspapers, cardboard, grass clippings that are left over, saw dust compost, animal manure and even hay can be used and then by adding water all the nutrients break up and are absorbed in the soil. Each of the layers is made up of different materials so each layer is important in the enrichment of the plants.