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Gardening

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dmosh42

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1. I have done this process for years,of gathering all the cardboard boxes and newspapers in.......
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 01:54 PM
Apr 2012

the Fall and Winter, taking them apart,(boxes) and laying them in my garden rows, followed by all the shredded leaves from my property, and others. Then for the growing season, you have mulched areas where the weeds would grow, saving much labor there, and the worms and microbes like having that cool moist darkness, during the Summer period. By the following Fall you have a ground with a nice black compost on top, and ready for the same process to start again. Yes, you're onto a good idea that works every season.

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