Lasagna Gardening

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April/May 1999
By Patricia Lanza 
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And, oh, what a delicious harvest! I love tomatoes warm from the garden-standing over the row, biting into one, the juice running off my chin, dripping from my elbow, the acid tingling my tongue. It just doesn't get any better than that.

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Patricia Lanza is author of Lasagna Gardening, A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Kidding!

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  • Nicol Gilbert 4/29/2009 8:56:16 AM

    I bought this book a few months ago, and I like some of the ideas in the book and I also learned some things that I did not know, or even thought about. And I have been gardening for 8 years. I am going to try this in a small part of my garden and see how it dose. I know that this idea has been around for a long time but many people have lost the technique not only for gardening but canning. So many people got used to going to the store and getting what then need and not even thinking about growing a garden or canning. Many people think that is the "old way" but now a lot of people are realizing that they have to go back to the "old ways" just so they can get through the hard times. And any ideas that they get to help them along the way is great.

  • craig 3/26/2009 10:47:53 AM

    So, if I did this in my own garden, I must be copying the Ruth Stout method? Even though I'd never heard of her or her technique?

  • Bill in Detroit 3/7/2009 4:50:37 PM

    This article was reprinted, largely without change (including graphics) and absolutely without attribution at:
    http://ourgardengang.tripod.com/lasagna_gardening.htm

  • Bill in Detroit 3/7/2009 4:46:42 PM

    And Ruth Stout was preceded by the Irish who were preceded by ... who were preceded by ... your point is?

    This information isn't, obviously, passed down through some sort of 'cosmic consciousness'. Many who have never heard of Ruth Stout will learn about this technique from Patricia Lanza ... and whoever follows her.

    @Stacey ... read the article again. The process uses several layers and is based on decomposition, not soil, for its success. But be encouraged, you only need to continue the process for it to be effective. The higher the stack is in the fall, the better the garden is in the summer.

  • Stacey 7/7/2008 10:09:47 AM

    I tried this, but I'm getting less than stellar results. I used two layers of leaves, and one final layer of topsoil. There might be too much acid from the leaves, and not enough worms. I've tried using fireplace ash on top of the soil, but I hope its not too little, too late. Ironically, my tomato patch that's just growing in Jersey clay is doing wonderfully.

  • Tim 10/27/2007 7:57:08 PM

    It amazes me how people put a new face on an old idea and everyone
    things it was just developed. This is just the Ruth Stout method
    with a small twist. What is all the fuss about?

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