[thickbluebug]

I am trying the no till garden, lasagna garden, the ugly gardener method. I think it's all just the old way and it was renamed. I have a scooter I ride to the garden spots. One of the no till areas is on a hill so I can only go so far.

I don't have anyone that can till for me, and I can't water everyday. So the no till seemed the way to go. Says it can sustain twice weekly waterings because of the mulch.
I figure if people can take a bale of hay and put a hole in it, slap a tomato plant in it, and get thriving plants, then the no till should work too.
I have layers of cardbord, cow manure, pine bark, straw, and grass clippings on top. It made a bed of about 4 to 6 inches.
It showed to part the material and place the seeds or plants and cover back up. It's been about 3 weeks and it looks good.
It's just Layers and layers of material and if I see a weed or grass I am suppose to put another layer of mulch on it. So far so good.
One spot is 12 x 12 and the other is 20 x 30 and I am trying to continue it on down the hill with my okra and corn. I might just get someone to pick hoe the rows and do the mulch stuff w/o the card board to see if it will hold moisture and prevent erosion.

I am trying to do the potatoes in the no till too. I read where I can continue to add pine straw as the plants grow. The new taters will be above ground and dirt free. ??? I only used half of my organic seed, so I can do a planting later, maybe.
LOL, I am trying it.
I try everything.
Now I have seeds sprouted and am too tired to get them in the ground. I am doing redneck topsy turveys for my extra tomatoes. I put out 7 so far, and have 10 plants left.
I cut the end (standing) off a 2liter bottle off and dh drilled me 4 holes for hanging strings. So far so good. I just watered them w some worm poop tea for tomatoes I found on clearance at home depot.