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Originally Posted by paperhouse
I don't do it to save the environment, but my back. Instead of tilling and digging soil, I use cardboard and newspaper to kill existing grass and weeds. I use shredded leaves as mulch every year after. I created two new beds this year using this method. So far, only wild onions have appeared in those beds. No other weeds, and wild onions are almost impossible to get rid of. Earthworms arrive in hordes when paper is placed under leaves. They break down the clay and eventually, all the leaves become a nice fluffy soil that anything grows in. Nature uses leaves as mulch and fertilizer. So do I.
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Same here. As for having stuff come up through the newspaper....I've had surprise lilies (lycoris) and paperwhites come up through it. I've got some coming up out there right now through paper that hasn't been there a year yet and is not even all decomposed. More power to 'em, if they can grow through that plus a heavy layer of pine straw!
No matter what you do in this day and time,
somebody will come along and tell you it's not good for the environment.
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