Steve laying down newspaper 4 pages thickness, overlapping 1/3 on all sides. 2 - 3" of mulch placed on top of the paper.
Natalie shovels mulch atop the newspaper weed barrier.
Squash pockets spaced 18"x 24" apart. This area will be filled with soil/compost growing medium.
Clear away mulch in 4" diameter area exposing weed barrier. This ‘squash pocket’ will be filled with topsoil/compost growing medium.
Add soil/compost growing medium then form hole for squash transplant.
Raven Zucchini with Squash Blossom.
Zucchini tucked into its new home a squash pocket.
Squash patch using Less-Weed method, 2 - 3" of mulch on overlapping newspaper weed barrier with plants in soil/compost hills.
Mound of composting leaf/limb mulch at Kansas City Brush dropoff at Chouteau & Missouri river. Available free to KCMO residents on Saturdays. See this Google map http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.140912,-94.531002&spn=0.016509,0.029011&z=15
My purple front yard
Spinach patch on South side of my house with cold frame removed for harvesting March 22, 2009
