[smallmeadowParticipant]

Thank you so much, RayS. Your approach is pretty much what I did last year and it looks like I will this year as the load of compost I got is enough for about a bed. : ) I am cutting small patches of the weeds and my husband is slowly lightly tilling : ( so we will have a selection of approaches going this year and it will be interesting to compare them.

Going forward, I will focus on making compost and have a large area in our old stable almost ready to begin.

Thanks again!

[smallmeadowParticipant]

Hello greenhours…I’ve used the lasagna approach in places where there wasn’t an established bed as an easy way of starting a new bed in lawn, and I sort of tried that in the kitchen garden last year but the timing was wrong. I think it might work in autumn when everything can break down over the winter?

[smallmeadowParticipant]

I appreciate your response, Cleansweep. You are correct as I am in the US, in the countryside of Virginia. The hoeing makes sense, and something I can get on with while the compost situation resolves. Tho’ I suppose I will need to be thoughtful about not hoeing too soon before I find some compost, or more weeds will be invited in…

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