Outrageous Gardens!

It’s been a wild and crazy year in the garden–cool early summer in Albuquerque and now blistering hot. I’ve traveled to the midwest and back and while some of my plants withered while I was gone, I have the fall garden to look forward to.  Three season gardening should become the norm rather than remain an exception and one of easiest systems for creating a fall garden while preparing for the spring is with the “lasagna gardening” system made popular by Patricia Lanza. (You can buy her book–Lasagna Gardening– from the Amazon link on the right side of this blog.) Everyone seems to be doing it. And why not? You can create a flourishing garden right over the weeds or compacted soil or even the driveway. And while I prepare a raised bed system for many reasons–more drainage in wetter areas, easier access, easier to protect from frost damage–there is no faster, cheaper way to get started growing food than with a lasagna bed. And here’s a cute little youtube video from Peaceful Meadow Farm to prove it:

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