mjgarden said:Hello,
I just bought a 400 square foot gardening plot in a local park district (looking to turn it into a vegetable garden), and as of now the plot is full of grass. I'll be removing the sod soon, and I wasn't sure what I should do with it, and that's when I heard of sod composting. It sounds like you can place the sod upside-down in layers (called "lasagna gardening") with layers of composting material inbetween.
The problem here is that people recommend doing this months in advance so that the sod has time to warm up and really compost, and I'd want to plant right away (June will be here in just a week).
So my question is, when I'm making my rows to plant in, could I remove the sod, place it grass side down, add bags of compost and fresh soil over it, and start planting right away?
mjgarden said:Hello,
I just bought a 400 square foot gardening plot in a local park district (looking to turn it into a vegetable garden), and as of now the plot is full of grass. I'll be removing the sod soon, and I wasn't sure what I should do with it, and that's when I heard of sod composting. It sounds like you can place the sod upside-down in layers (called "lasagna gardening") with layers of composting material inbetween.
The problem here is that people recommend doing this months in advance so that the sod has time to warm up and really compost, and I'd want to plant right away (June will be here in just a week). So my question is, when I'm making my rows to plant in, could I remove the sod, place it grass side down, add bags of compost and fresh soil over it, and start planting right away?
Thanks for any help you can provide!