This lot held no plantings except weedy lawn and the grape arbor when I moved here nearly 5 years ago. I've been slowing replacing the grass with raised beds for vegetables and flowers. I like sheet composting (layering newspaper and cardboard with manure or compost and earth and leaves into a sort of lasagna that becomes humus for planting). But that takes months, and another method is to remove the sod by shovel, which is easier now in late winter, due to the softness of the soil.
Today I took out an area of sod about 10 X 4 near the street, laid down groundcloth, punched some holes in the groundcloth to plant kinikinick (native to these parts) which should grow in to cover the area over time. After the plants were in, I shoveled seasoned compost (from NW Greenlands, our local recyclers who receive plant debris from citizens then sell it back to us nicely aged) on top. The picture is boring ... well, taken in haste, but really there isn't much to see yet! Wait a few months till the plants grow in.
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