Name: Jeanie Minnesota (Zone 4a) Replace your lawn with a garden!
Cardboard works even better than newspaper for lasagna gardens. Just get plain brown boxes from stores and take all the labels and tape off. It's easier to lay down and stays where you put it better than newspaper.
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Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.