Preparing the Garden

Included in that Lowe's run that I told you about was some materials for our garden.  I've been doing some research to do a low-work, low-cost, more-organic method and found "lasagna gardening" which refers to the layering of organic materials...stuff that you have on hand.  I managed to get the girls to help with this for all to take part in our family garden.



This no-digging method starts with a layer of wet newspaper to attract those worms to break down the surface.  Then a layer of peat moss. 

I added layers of other stuff that we had around such as compost, ornamental grass, manure and leaves. 



Each layer was divided with a layer of peat moss. 
Then I covered the garden with some plastic sheet to let it "cook" for a bit to help break down before we start our veggies.  We'll update you soon with the next step.