Thanks for the link, it is an excellent article. The reason that I started a formal potager was my veggie garden was so much work. I edged it with brick to keep a neat edge. I also use the cardboard and newspaper with grass clippings to keep weeds down. I'm so much more pleased with it now and the amount of time that I need to spend to keep it looking good. I've also unsed the lasagne method to start new garden areas right over top of sod. Which is so much easier than digging it out. I don't own a tiller.
RE: Article about Lasagna Gardening in Mother Earth News
There were two wonderful enclosed gardens in that issue. The one with the white fence in the front yard and the one with the rustic brown fence. Both were delightful. I am really onboard with this lasagne gardening method. All the years I spent digging and beating down the weeds. This is so much easier.
RE: Article about Lasagna Gardening in Mother Earth News
I read the article and am intrigued by the way she plants tomatoes with water jugs next to them to provide constant watering.
I am about to plant tomatoes in my pottager/square foot garden (I can never quite decide which it is). I can't quite reconcile her instruction to provide "one inch of water a week" with the burried water jugs. How much water would be reasonable to put in the jugs and how often?
I'm never sure how much or how often to water my tomatoes!
RE: Article about Lasagna Gardening in Mother Earth News
You could always just drape a soaker hose thru the bases of the tomato plants and give them a burst of water once a week or as needed. Too much water can lead to a washed out taste. I found that the lasagna method kept the bed moist in the middle layers, but the top layers always seemed dry. Plants didn't seem to mind.
