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bushi7

bushi7's Morning sun garden

Garden Type: Flower | Sun: Partial Sun | Soil: Combination I'm Organic!

Last fall we cut down a gigantic forsythia that was threatening to take over the east side yard. This left us with a very large bare spot and a lot of roots that I didn’t want to deal with.

Over the winter a friend suggested I might benefit from lasagna gardening, due to our clay soil. In this form of gardening you don’t dig down but instead build up, using a layering technique. I thought this area would be an ideal place to try this lasagna gardening out.

Instead of dealing with all the forsythia roots, I placed a layer of newspaper over the whole thing in the shape that I wanted the new garden to be, combining a side garden with a small planting around in the front. I put 2 in. of peat on top of the newspaper, followed by a 6 in. layer of leaves left over from last fall, another 2 in. of peat, 6 in. of fresh grass clippings, and another 2 in. of peat. I sprinkled bone meal over the top for added potassium and I was all ready to plant. (This is actually a little shallow – it should be around 24 in. deep – but I ran out of organic material and time!)

Plantings

  • Dianthus (mixed)

    Dianthus (mixed)

    Dianthus

    Planting Out on 13 May 08 The dianthus was a Mother's Day gift from my mo...

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  • Iris (purple)

    Iris (purple)

    Iris

    Planting Out on 13 May 08 HCMGA gave away purple iris at one of their mon...

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  • Coneflower (white)

    Coneflower (white)

    Echinacea purpurea

    Planting Out on 13 May 08 The HCMGA Propagators had a sale at the last me...

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  • Coneflower (gray headed)

    Coneflower (gray headed)

    Ratibida pinnata

    Planting Out on 13 May 08 The HCMGA Propagators had a sale at the last me...

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  • Ditch Daylily

    Ditch Daylily

    Hemerocallis fulva

    Transplanted in May 2006 Rick and Gary wanted to remove a dense patch of...

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  • Resurrection Lily

    Resurrection Lily

    Lycoris squamigera

    Planting Out in Mar 2006 I received this as a birthday present.

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  • Iris (bearded white)

    Iris (bearded white)

    Iris

    Transplanted in Aug 2002 The iris in front of the Kappa Delta Pi headqua...

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