Comments on: How to Create a No Till Garden Bed http://www.green-talk.com/2009/06/22/how-to-create-a-no-till-garden-bed/ Turning the Planet Green, One Conversation at a Time Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:55:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Shouldn’t America Recycles Day Be Called America Reduce or Reuse Day? | Green Talk™ http://www.green-talk.com/2009/06/22/how-to-create-a-no-till-garden-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-7484 Shouldn’t America Recycles Day Be Called America Reduce or Reuse Day? | Green Talk™ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:12:49 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=2792#comment-7484 [...] Can you reuse something in another way rather than recycling it?  Glass jars to store food, nails, or other items.  Plastic water bottles to place in your toilet tank to reduce water usage.  Cardboard and newspaper to suppress the weeds.  (See my no till garden.) [...] [...] Can you reuse something in another way rather than recycling it?  Glass jars to store food, nails, or other items.  Plastic water bottles to place in your toilet tank to reduce water usage.  Cardboard and newspaper to suppress the weeds.  (See my no till garden.) [...]

]]> By: Green Talk http://www.green-talk.com/2009/06/22/how-to-create-a-no-till-garden-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-7403 Green Talk Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:16:15 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=2792#comment-7403 MD, are you saying that it is not green to create beds without tilling? In order to create bed without tilling you have to use a lasagna method which kills the grass. The other alternatives are very damaging such as using rototillers which use gas, herbicides that kill the grass such as Round-up, and tilling the soil which upsets its natural balance. And remember in order to recycle, a lot of energy is used too to haul and then create new products with it. I see your point but I think creating vegetable and new landscape beds rather than growing water loving grass outweighs using newspaper and cardboard outweighs making new products out of recycled cardboard and newspaper. Anna MD, are you saying that it is not green to create beds without tilling? In order to create bed without tilling you have to use a lasagna method which kills the grass. The other alternatives are very damaging such as using rototillers which use gas, herbicides that kill the grass such as Round-up, and tilling the soil which upsets its natural balance. And remember in order to recycle, a lot of energy is used too to haul and then create new products with it. I see your point but I think creating vegetable and new landscape beds rather than growing water loving grass outweighs using newspaper and cardboard outweighs making new products out of recycled cardboard and newspaper. Anna

]]> By: Green Talk http://www.green-talk.com/2009/06/22/how-to-create-a-no-till-garden-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-7402 Green Talk Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:59:35 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=2792#comment-7402 MD, I am really confused by your comment So are you saying it is anti green to not recycle cardboard and newspaper to use it as mulch for your beds? I would rather use paper to make a bed full of natural compost than ripping up the land with a gas hogged rototiller and tilling it which destroys its natural balance. In addition, mulch does not stop weeds. Trust me. Try removing grass and then putting mulch in your new beds. Grass will spring up everywhere. Most people just resort to pesticides like Round-up, which is a horrible alternative. Anna MD, I am really confused by your comment So are you saying it is anti green to not recycle cardboard and newspaper to use it as mulch for your beds? I would rather use paper to make a bed full of natural compost than ripping up the land with a gas hogged rototiller and tilling it which destroys its natural balance. In addition, mulch does not stop weeds. Trust me. Try removing grass and then putting mulch in your new beds. Grass will spring up everywhere. Most people just resort to pesticides like Round-up, which is a horrible alternative. Anna

]]> By: M. D. Vaden Portland Landscaping and Tree http://www.green-talk.com/2009/06/22/how-to-create-a-no-till-garden-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-7393 M. D. Vaden Portland Landscaping and Tree Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:30:56 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=2792#comment-7393 Lately I uploaded a new article page about no till sheet mulch gardening, lasagna gardening, after I learned that it's anti-green living in regards to off the property. Sort of made me feel more proud about having just mulched and controlled weeds all these years without the paper and cardboard. When paper and cardboard are not recycled, it means that tons of brand new product must be manufactured. So when a bunch of gardeners keep cardboard away from the recycling pool, and lay it on their yard, they trigger heavy use of water, the use of many gallons of oil, and the discharge of sulfur dioxide into the air. Its really surprising, because most folks just enjoying their garden would have little idea what is happening elsewhere because of the product they are using. Anyhow, writing the article really helped etch the numbers in my thinking, and confirmed some suspicions I had from this past summer. Cheers, MDV / Oregon Lately I uploaded a new article page about no till sheet mulch gardening, lasagna gardening, after I learned that it’s anti-green living in regards to off the property. Sort of made me feel more proud about having just mulched and controlled weeds all these years without the paper and cardboard.

When paper and cardboard are not recycled, it means that tons of brand new product must be manufactured. So when a bunch of gardeners keep cardboard away from the recycling pool, and lay it on their yard, they trigger heavy use of water, the use of many gallons of oil, and the discharge of sulfur dioxide into the air. Its really surprising, because most folks just enjoying their garden would have little idea what is happening elsewhere because of the product they are using. Anyhow, writing the article really helped etch the numbers in my thinking, and confirmed some suspicions I had from this past summer. Cheers, MDV / Oregon

]]> By: Green Valley Homes http://www.green-talk.com/2009/06/22/how-to-create-a-no-till-garden-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-7247 Green Valley Homes Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:26:08 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=2792#comment-7247 Wow this incredible article is a must read for all home owners in Las Vegas and the entire strip. I am sure you are aware of the lawns in-front of home and in the backyards. Every household has one and I bet this article will save a lot of bucks and time for them. I am highly thankful to you for letting us know the existence of a phenomenal idea. Regards, Mack McMillan .-= Green Valley Homes´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.vegas4sale.net/commercial-real-estate-bubble/">Commercial Real Estate Bubble</a> =-. Wow this incredible article is a must read for all home owners in Las Vegas and the entire strip. I am sure you are aware of the lawns in-front of home and in the backyards. Every household has one and I bet this article will save a lot of bucks and time for them. I am highly thankful to you for letting us know the existence of a phenomenal idea.

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]]> By: Green Talk http://www.green-talk.com/2009/06/22/how-to-create-a-no-till-garden-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-7032 Green Talk Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:33:18 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=2792#comment-7032 MC, thanks so much for clarification. It was hay that I used first which had so many weed seeds! Now I use straw. Anna MC, thanks so much for clarification. It was hay that I used first which had so many weed seeds! Now I use straw. Anna

]]> By: MC http://www.green-talk.com/2009/06/22/how-to-create-a-no-till-garden-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-7011 MC Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:48:33 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=2792#comment-7011 I realize it may seem like a semantics issue, but there is a difference between hay and straw. Hay is livestock feed; it is dried grasses such as clover or alfalfa. Straw is a byproduct of wheat farming; it is the inedible stalk. It's more advisable to use straw rather than hay because hay is more likely to include weed seeds. Need a way to help yourself remember which is which? When I was a child if my mother heard us say, "Hey you," she would respond with "Hay is for horses." I realize it may seem like a semantics issue, but there is a difference between hay and straw. Hay is livestock feed; it is dried grasses such as clover or alfalfa. Straw is a byproduct of wheat farming; it is the inedible stalk. It’s more advisable to use straw rather than hay because hay is more likely to include weed seeds. Need a way to help yourself remember which is which? When I was a child if my mother heard us say, “Hey you,” she would respond with “Hay is for horses.”

]]> By: Green Talk http://www.green-talk.com/2009/06/22/how-to-create-a-no-till-garden-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-6855 Green Talk Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:35:23 +0000 http://www.green-talk.com/?p=2792#comment-6855 Robyn, the reason I used grass is that it heats up quickly when it decomposes, causing the paper and wood to heat up too. Hay takes longer to decompose. Anna Robyn, the reason I used grass is that it heats up quickly when it decomposes, causing the paper and wood to heat up too. Hay takes longer to decompose. Anna

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