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New landscaping beds
Posted on 3/28/24 at 10:18 am
Posted on 3/28/24 at 10:18 am
Switching some current sections of st aug grass into some landscaped garden beds. I'm using the cardboard method so I don't have to dig up the grass and lose fill material.
Question for anyone who has created new beds before, do you go in with a layer of soil first and then add the mulch on top of that or do you just go with straight mulch and not bother with soil?
Question for anyone who has created new beds before, do you go in with a layer of soil first and then add the mulch on top of that or do you just go with straight mulch and not bother with soil?
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Posted on 3/28/24 at 11:21 am to DukeSilver
I've always used landscape mix to build the beds. Mulch on top. Used Plant Tech's and Clegg's, both worked well for me.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 11:23 am to DukeSilver
I use a bed builder / garden mix from the nursery. Cleggs, LA nursery in Praieville...etc.
My soil is so clay heavy, I now dig out a bunch even to build up above it. Then landscape fabric and then mulch.
My soil is so clay heavy, I now dig out a bunch even to build up above it. Then landscape fabric and then mulch.
Posted on 3/28/24 at 3:26 pm to DukeSilver
I usually don’t bother with soil. Although it doesn’t hurt obviously
I have a big pile of rotting shredded bark that I use to fill or make beds with, and then just keep adding too as it rots down. If you plant shrubs eventually they’ll root to your subsurface clays and be fine. Shallow rooted stuff like flowers and ground covers can live happily just in the loam
I have a big pile of rotting shredded bark that I use to fill or make beds with, and then just keep adding too as it rots down. If you plant shrubs eventually they’ll root to your subsurface clays and be fine. Shallow rooted stuff like flowers and ground covers can live happily just in the loam
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