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MrsGreenthumb said:Similar story: I am a Master Gardener and had learned of this technique a while back. My husband was having problems mowing behind a kidney shaped bed, so I decided to do the lasagna trick to take it back to the property line. We put down cardboard from our new washer/dryer and covered it with mulch this past spring and I will put in plants this fall. (Be sure to cover the empty spots where the fold are because the wire grass tried coming up and I had to uncover the mulch and add another piece of cardboard.) Until then--I have potted what I think I want in this area and keep moving the pots around trying to decide what will look the best...and have enjoyed that aspect too. (We live in a raised ranch and our deck looks down on this end of the bed.) I let some of the cardboard show as my garden was on a garden tour and I was using this as a teaching technique. I will remove the showing cardboard when I edge this section of the bed.

I have now finished planting the pots, I kept changing the pots around until I had it like I thought I would love it...



I still need to add more mulch for winter and decide what to do with the edges. I have 3 pots in the back I can't make up my mind about...by spring I will know if I want them there or if I want something else where they are. This fall I put down cardboard and mulch on the other side. Now I can think about what to plant there over the winter. It will be ready to dig in the spring. I was amazed at how easy it was to dig holes for the potted shrubs. I only used 3 inches of mulch over the cardboard and a few bricks to hold it in place until the mulch was down.