| Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding! | 
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Sales Rank: 13911
Category: Book
Author: Patricia Lanza
Publisher: Rodale Books
Studio: Rodale Books
Manufacturer: Rodale Books
Label: Rodale Books
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 244
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0875969623
Dewey Decimal Number: 635
EAN: 9780875969626
ASIN: 0875969623
Publication Date: November 15, 1998
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Product Description
A gardening system that works-- so you don't have to!
Turn in your tiller for a stack of old newspapers! Replace your shovel with a layer of grass clippings! Let Pat Lanza show you how you can create lush, successful, easy-care gardens in practically any location without hours of backbreaking digging or noisy tilling.
* Practical, first-person advice from an experienced gardener
* Great ideas to let you spend more time enjoying your gardens and less time working in them
* Specific "lasagna" techniques for the most popular vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruits, and more
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 WOW! October 30, 2008
This is a book to be read all year round. It gives great ideas about things to do for each season to build your "Lasagna Garden". What a great idea!!!! Green friendly too!
No matter what time of the year it is, you will find yourself excited to plan, work, or dream of the gardening season!
Lasagna Gardening August 12, 2008
I love this book. Very informative, interesting and easy to read. I bought my friend one and he has bought his friends and family five more. This is another great Amazon experience.
 Just like Mother Nature July 2, 2008
It's amazingly easy. That's what is so great about this concept. If you're looking for a gardening method that won't break your back...or your pocketbook, this is the one!
Lasagna Gardening June 10, 2008
This opened my eyes of gardening.Be green and you will benefit from all the waste that is thrown away. MY NEW GREEN THUMB
Peat moss from Canada renewable and abundant... January 19, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I feel compelled to address the peat moss concern in the most critical review of this book. It is a shame that the ancient peat bogs in Britain were devastated :( but this is not the case in North America. Most peat in the U.S. comes from Canada which harvests a fraction, .006, of their peat supplies. Moreover, those supplies renew themselves at 70 times the rate of harvest. This, and more reassuring information is provided by the The Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association: http://www.peatmoss.com/concern.php
With that bit of cheery news aside...I too share a few benefits I received from this marvelous book, trying not to duplicate comments of other reviewers.
E-Z Paths!: Tired of the dusty, dirty, noisy job of weed beating my garden's paths, I decided to use wetted newspaper covered with a few inches of wood bark mulch. The bark mulch was free from county road crews and a local tree business who were happy to dump it in my yard when they were in the area. When I ran out of newspaper I found a small business pleased to give me piles of discarded cardboard boxes. After one year the paths are still weed-free and the transformation puts a smile on my face each time I walk in the garden.
Modified bag idea: I loved the idea of bagging leaves and setting the bags over grass to kill it, but alas, we have few deciduous trees and I did not want to bag mulch. Inspired by Lansa's ingenuity, I purchased 10 EarthBoxes, set them over a grassy area, then planted winter crops in the boxes. This method has helped me reclaim my large garden bit-by-bit. EarthBox RB-EB-GRN-PBB Garden Kit Dark Green I have also used just four EarthBoxes to anchor four corners of heavy plastic with success.
Well written: Ms. Lansa's writing voice is much like having a conversation with a neighborly garden mentor.
Eco-friendly: The no-till methods help soil retain carbon as well as saving on fuel.
Conclusion: The book is as priceless as good heirloom seed and just as share worthy.
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