Use Cardboard Instead of Landscape Fabric + Planting Lisianthus! ๐๐ฟ๐ // Garden Answer
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All Comments (21)
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Iโve used this method with much success but the game changer was learning I could go to Samโs Club and pull โslip sheetsโ for free- these are the 4x4 plain cardboard sheets that are found between layers of product on the myriad pallets found in the store. I wanted to share this with the GA family! No cutting down boxes and ripping tape off. I fold it in half and pile the cart high!
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As someone who works at a plant that produces cardboard, using it for flower beds works great but I would never use it with vegetable or edible gardening. The chemicals that are used to produce the cardboard are toxic and not made for consumption. Keep that in mind also if you live on a well system that it eventually makes it's way into your drinking water.
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Who else is sitting here sipping coffee watching Laura plant all these plants? She's a beast in the garden not to mention being a momma. Wow just wow Laura you amaze us!
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Paul & Bethany are work beasts !!!!
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Have used cardboard and newspaper for years. Highly recommend it to anyone.
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Iโm on a 1/3 acre thatโs a blank slate and Iโve done the cardboard method! I think itโs easy and is instant gratification to our space. 10-10 recommend!๐๐ผ
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Iโve been gardening for 35 years, I wish I had known about using cardboard and compost to make new beds years ago! I used to double dig to work in soil amendments, sometimes using a rotor tiller. Before doing that Iโd have to remove the sod! It was SO MUCH work! I love this no dig method!
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I often put down cardboard, leftover straw from Halloween, shredded leaves and then compost to fill new raised beds. It's worked beautifully for me.
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As a Girl Scout leader of many years, if you are looking for free cardboard contact a local Girl Scout troop between January and March. They may be willing to save empty cases for you. My troop personally dumps tons of them. You can also reach out to local counsels to help you find one.
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Loved and used this method since finding Charles Dowding on YouTube 10 years ago! The worms GO CRAZY for cardboard๐
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Laura, the cardboard method is a game changer ๐ Iโve also used brown paper grocery bags 2 to 3 layered on top of each other ,especially in my raised beds and it works beautifully , the paper bags break down by summers end ! ๐
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I'm just here to say that this is the first gardening video I found my husband watching over my shoulder at the start, he then proceeded to tell me how WE need THAT! I was so excited he finally sees gardening as the great thing it is....... Then he says 'with THAT dozer I'd be doing all kinds of cool stuff! But I could also use that 5 car garage, you know to store the dozer in!' ๐
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Sometimes do you just stand with your mouth hanging open in amazement of all Yโall have done !!! Itโs incredible !!!๐๐
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I have done this for years, newspaper and paper grocery bags also work great. This is nothing new been using this for years, I actually have cardboard on my walking paths as I type waiting to have rock placed! I have been gardening for 40 years and this is a common method to use in Illinois. Have a great day everyone.
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Cardboard IS the gardener's friend! (Especially when dealing with noxious weeds like Bishop's weed!) It doesn't eradicate it (nothing does,) but it does knock it down enough to make it doable. I only wish I'd known about using cardboard 30 years ago! Looks beautiful!
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I started marigolds inside and this is the first time my seedlings were strong. Our walkway is lined with marigolds and all but 1 survived. So proud of myself. I cant wait til next year now lol
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I love using cardboard to create gardens- it brings in the worms ๐ชฑ too! โค Plus saves sore knees and ankles with arthritis
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You work so hard Laura. There should be a holiday for your efforts and to praise all hard working gardeners creating their color spots of beauty for our pollinators โคโคโค
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Your neighbors really lucked out with you as a neighbor
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I have used this method for years and years as I have 100s of acreas of different gardens. It's the best
