Specialty Gardening: New 'Lasagne Bed' Update from Fall, 1 by alyrics

alyrics wrote:
HI Tabasco
here's a lasagna bed I built 2 years ago - so this is its 2nd full year. I had horrid clay soil. About 3 years ago I cleared the bed, put down about an inch of horse manure, then started layering. Over that winter I dumped every bit of compostable food scraps into it every day - anything that would break down. I had bags and bags of shredded paper from the office, peat moss, etc. In about Feb that winter I finished it off with a few inches of mulch that I'd saved and let it stand till spring when I planted it. It has gone wild and I've taken a lot out of here. The biggest pleasure is being able to move soil around with out a shovel and pick - its so loose and full of organics. I think the lasagan layers wer about 20" tall to start with and they sank to the level of the sidewallk in a year. That alone is an interesting thing to think about.