Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening Summer 2013 Part 2, 1 by HollyAnnS

HollyAnnS wrote:
I meant that digging up the sod and rototilling in compost makes a nice bed but it is a lot of work.
When I use the cardboard method I just lay down the cardboard over an area, wait for a while for the grass to die back then dig a few holes right thru the cardboard. Sometimes depending on the size of the plant usually small shrubs. I may dig a hole for the plant and then place the cardboard around it. Here where the nandina hedge is I had them in place and then just cut cardboard to fit around the bushes. The marigolds Ric planted in there this year are so big they are overweening the nanadinas.