Recently I’ve been reading a short little book about Backyard Composting and it mentions what they call Compost lasagna.. I’m going to try this in my composter but also going to use it to make a new veggie garden bed. I think I’m going to make a stab at this method since I need to move my veggie garden for next year (I’m moving it closer to the water supply – I’m sick of lugging water over to the garden). The basic concept is that it’s 1) No till (since tilling can upset the carbon storage in the soil and unearth new weed seeds that will germinate given the new sunlight exposure and 2) well, it just looks so darn interesting! My understanding is that once my bed is 18-24″ tall I should be able to either plant into it for this year OR just let it sit for next year (most likely what I’ll do)
I’ll try to update with pictures when I start it (also I’ll update the books title and author)
I found this great on-line tutorial that definitely can do more justice to Compost Lasagna than I can so check out ThriftyFun.com Introduction to Lasagna Composting also Cornell CCE of Tompkins County has a great PDF to describe Lasagna Composting…
Edited to add the name of the book I was reading was from my subscription to Organic Gardening Magazine called No-Toil Power Soil (A Rodale Organic Gardening Book) -
