Penny

len

I live in an extremely windy area, and have done interbay mulch beds with burlap several times and was happy with the results. After my husband threw away my burlap (it does get pretty gross after use), I also covered some with old cotton bedsheets and that worked well, too. Just weigh down the ends with rocks or something.

My very best advice- moisten each layer very well as you build the hump, and sprinkle to top occasionally while waiting for it to decompose. It's extremely difficult to moisten after building.

Karen

Lasagna Gardening is anti-green living

It's not anything I've ever done anyway. But a thought came to mind last week about all the resources being removed from the recycling pool, and my suspicions were confirmed with some pretty hefty numbers.

Lloyd

In my area there is no recycling program for cardboard. We do have a recycling drop off point but it only takes cardboard such as cereal boxes - no corrugated cardboard. So we use ours in the compost.

If we didn't, it would go to the landfill. We would love it if every town, village or city would be more "green" but that's just not the case. Maybe Mario should put his efforts into making the municipalities catch up instead of condemning a good use for cardboard.

Val

Val, there is a corrugated cardboard recycling drop off in Morton. Two huge dumpsters dedicated just for corrugated cardboard. You do have to flatten everything. Its in front of Grimm Brothers Trucking, just off Jefferson Street (right next to the tunnels). Its intended for Morton residents, but anyone can use it.

Following the logic of that article, nobody on this forum should compost. Recycle instead.

Oh how shocking! The author is selling something: himself and his services- landscaping, pruning, water features...
Need compost for your garden? I'll bet this guy might sell you same. For a price. I'll bet he'll even spread it, for a price.

Why does this sound just like sheet composting?

Karen

*Perhaps* only true IF one lives where there is a recycling program.

However I'd like to see an unbiased opinion of this as the cost, both environmental and monetary, of trucking cardboard is not free. It's why it doesn't pay here in the boonies to truck many recyclables to markets.

Thanks Joe. We just don't get over that way much at all. It's a long way to go to get rid of cardboard.

Val

However, if you were on your way to Farm and Fleet, you might want to bring a load of cardboard with you. :-)

Curt:[

Was this about creating 'hits' on a webpage with google ads so as to increase revenue? How many hits did it create?

I can't help but notice there have been no further responses to questions on the other forum this topic was posted to, so discussion of your theory seems not to be the motive.

Just curious.

Lloyd

"I can't help but notice there have been no further responses to questions on the other forum this topic was posted to, so discussion of your theory seems not to be the motive.

"theory" is pretty much out the window as of several years ago.

Since you are "curious" as you say, its certain that you have already verified the information about sulfur dioxide, electric use, and oil consumption. By now, the reams of websites have probably equipped you to educate others about the other side of this matter. If you were "curious" to learn that is, and not curious about your opinion.

Its doubtful that more information is needed about black plastic, like how it traps carbon dioxide released from roots, etc..

Was that a chainsaw I saw in one of your photos, I wonder how green that is.

Lloyd

Note sarcasm heavily intended (:

I;m sure her bed is done by now what method did you decide to use?

I don't know - what photo, and who was it?

Since I do 90% of my work or more with a handsaw for wood even as big as 4" to 6" in diameter, I'll let you stew in your own opinion and your own questions.

For other technical stuff like that, try Digital Point. You will get a lot of info and leads.

http://forums.digitalpoint.com

Its perfect for computer and online questions that are off-topic from gardening.

The guys on the other site pretty well gave up on ya, phillistines!

Lloyd

What a silly idea, that sheet composting isn't green. I can't imagine the small amount of waste paper that is used for lasagne beds across America making much of an impact on the total amount of paper recycled. Then you have to consider - how green is using a rototiller or tractor? Or herbicide to kill weeds? How much energy do people use driving the paper to recycling centers? And I heard that most of the waste paper is shipped to China for recycling - how much energy is used to do that?

I've been making lasagne beds and mulching with paper for several years now. It works great (although it's slow)! Guess I am a "lazy" gardener, but I use the time and energy saved to do something else - like eradicate invasive plants (which sux, I'd rather be digging a garden bed, lol.)