185 What's Lasagna Gardening? Potato Planting. Fruit Trees vs Lawns

04/15/22 • 28 min

You’ve heard of No-Till gardening. How about No-Dig gardening? Or creating a Lasagna garden? Emily Murphy, author of the book, Grow Now, explains.
In our Question and Answer segment, one listener wants to know if it is too late to plant potatoes, and how to prepare the soil for potatoes? As we like to say on this podcast, it depends. Master Garden Gail Pothour has the answer, with all the variables.

And in a quick tip, we find out why you don’t want to grow your fruit trees in the middle of your lawn.

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Book: Grow Now by Emily Murphy

Growing Potatoes in the Home Garden

Texas A&M: Lawn Care Around Trees
UCANR: Sheet Mulching (Lasagna Gardening)

Hugelkultur (extreme lasagna gardening)

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04/15/22 • 28 min

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Garden Basics with Farmer Fred - 185 What's Lasagna Gardening? Potato Planting. Fruit Trees vs Lawns

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GB 185 TRANSCRIPT Lasagna gardening, potatoes, lawn vs fruit trees

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