A No Dig And No Till Lasagna Bed Garden

Spring is definitely here, and everything is greening up out there! Here is a great no-dig, no-till organic gardening method that will give you rich soil, and best of all, it's easy to build and maintain. "Lasagna Gardening" is actually the building-method-name of a type of garden design. You will add layers of organic material that will decompose over time, and the result will be soil that will help your plants thrive. It's great for the environment because you use your yard and kitchen waste, and then compost it to make a new garden.

If you don't feel like doing all the work it will take to clean up your garden now, then this just might be for you...or for your spring garden in 2025. One of the best things about lasagna gardening is how easy it is. You don't have to remove existing sod and weeds from your garden, and you don't have to double dig. In fact, you don't have to work the soil at all. The first layer of your lasagna garden consists of cardboard laid directly on top of the grass or weeds in an area you've selected for your garden. Wet this layer down to keep everything in place and start the decomposition process.

The grass or weeds will break down fairly quickly because they will be smothered by the cardboard, as well as by the materials you're going to layer on top of them. This layer also provides a dark, moist area to attract earthworms that will loosen up the soil as they tunnel through it.

Anything you'd put in a compost pile; you can put into a lasagna garden. The materials you put into the garden will break down, providing nutrient-rich, crumbly soil in which to plant. The following materials are all perfect for lasagna gardens: