Green Housing. Garden. Kitchen Garden. Market Garden. Food. Ministry of Controversy. #TBT What’s Invasive? Telling People What They Can’t Plant In Their Yards The debate over invasive species won’t go away any time soon. We’re sure that many would still have issues with Rant co-founder Michele Owens views on flag iris and other problem plants. This post is from July, 2009. Continue Reading Read related articles in: Garden Rant turns 10, Ministry of ControversyPosted by Garden Rant on March 24, 2016 at 8:00 am This post has 23 responses. Nine years of ranting about the map Don’t worry—we’re not starting a new Throwback Tuesday series. Continue Reading Read related articles in: Gardening on the Planet, Ministry of ControversyPosted by Elizabeth Licata on March 22, 2016 at 8:00 am This post has 7 responses.
Hardiness Disinformation Successful gardeners are firmly rooted in what Karl Rove in 2004 famously disparaged as “the reality-based community.” Continue Reading #TBT: Natives are hot, but am I hot for natives? Native plants—a topic that we’ll be discussing for rants to come. Make a lasagna gardening bed in easy steps. Lasagna gardening is just as wonderful as it sounds. You choose the “pan” (a raised bed or a piece of ground), add layers of brown and green, then top with Compostex fabric and let the soil microorganisms do the “cooking”! You’ll have to wait longer than an hour for the lasagna bed—it could take up to a year—but when it’s ready you can plant right into a bed full of fluffy compost that your seeds and seedlings will find delicious. Lasagna gardening is a boon for the lazy but patient gardener In our latest video Tricia starts a lasagna gardening bed on part of her lawn.
It’s really a slow compost pile in one regular shaped area. Take a look at our composting video to review the magic of how brown and green waste turn into compost. Lasagna gardening is ideal in raised beds too. How to make a lasagna gardening bed If you’re placing a raised bed on cement or asphalt you can skip these steps. Cut down vegetation on your lasagna site. Raised-beds-on-asphalt gardeners, this is where you join us. Food Not Lawns - Welcome. Kitchen Gardeners International | You can grow your own food. We can help. Urban Gardening.