Picture up top from yours truly, lmao

  • Cyrus Draegur
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    1 day ago

    … can it TRULY be as simple as

    1. throw down sheets of cardboard
    2. spread a thicc-ass layer of woodchips over it
    3. plant stuff in the woodchips???

    Because… I think I could actually fucking DO some rudimentary gardening if that was all I absolutely NEEDED to do to prep the ground.

    I have a notorious case of what the gardening community would describe as “gray thumb”. The only plants that thrive within my domain are the invasive unpleasant ones that make you sick. If I can externalize and cut myself out of the process as much as possible, maybe then something I actually want to grow will actually grow…

    • dantheclammanOPM
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      41 day ago

      You need to usually wait quite a while to plant in the place the cardboard is while it decomposes. But in the meantime, it serves as a weed barrier, and people typically cardboard between the places they plant

      • Cyrus Draegur
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        21 day ago

        This makes it sound like if I want it to be ready for planting by spring several months from now, I should lay the cardboard and spread the wood chips basically right now!

        • dantheclammanOPM
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          31 day ago

          Depends on the climate probably. If you get a lot of rain and earthworms, other decomposers, it’ll be faster.