Lasagna Gardening - An Easier Way To Garden

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Hello Fellow Gardeners!

Today we're talking about Lasagna Gardening (also referred to as 'No Till Gardening') which is a much easier way to garden in my opinion.

Lasagna Gardening was first made popular by Patricia Lanza. She has put out several books about her simple approach to gardening and I found myself gifted with one of them when we moved to our new home some years ago.

My first book about Lasagna Gardening was Lasagna Gardening with Herbs since I was more focused on growing herbs at the time than anything else.

I fell in love with this fantastic approach to gardening and started making Lasagna Gardens all over the yard!

The basic premise behind Lasagna Gardening is picking a gardening spot, covering it with heavy layers of newspaper or cardboard or both, layering that with alternating layers of pete moss, compost, dirt and mulch. It really is that simple!

Ms. Lanza found herself running a business along with a family and wanted to spend time tending to her gardens and found herself more and more pressed for time. She decided to give this style of gardening a shot and it worked so well she has done it ever since.

I go into more details in one of my articles on Squidoo.com and walk you through the process along with photos and research. I would love for you to visit my article Lasagna Gardening Method - The Easy Way To Garden if you like.

I hope you will give this style of gardening a shot and please let me know your thoughts in the comments section!

I love hearing from you about gardening in general.  :)

Worm Farm Composting - Making Compost With Red Wiggler Worms

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Worm farm composting can be a very rewarding and organic way to add vital nutrients to your garden and houseplants.  

I have long been an advocate of composting our leftover vegetable and fruit scraps along with chopped leaves in our big composter in our backyard.  One of the great thing about vermicomposting is that you can easily do it indoors as well as out.

Vermiculture is the raising of different types of worms and the production of their by-products known as castings. Red Wiggler Worms are the type of worm most commonly used in vermicomposting.

Red wigglers can be found in bait shops or order online such as here Uncle Jim's Worm Farm 1,000 Count Red Wiggler Live Composting Worms . The earthworms you find crawling around in your yard are not the same kind of worms as composting worms. They have different tasks to accomplish than the red wiggler earthworm.

Continue reading my article about Worm Farm Composting where I go more in depth and share more resources for worm farming.

I'd love to hear your thoughts about worm farming or composting in general.

Remember to Garden Your Way!

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