Placement Of Your Garden

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When I first decided to try Lasagna Gardening, we had just moved to our new home. There were areas around the yard that looked as if they had been gardened in years past but were now sadly overgrown. I needed a way to spruce the place up quickly as well as start my herb garden.

My husband surprised me with a book by Patricia Lanza titled 'Lasagna Gardening With Herbs'. That's when my no-till gardening adventure began.

You will need to consider the placement of your garden. If you are planting herbs or vegetables, you will need several hours of sunshine for your garden to thrive. My first spot to tackle was in between and underneath some lilac bushes. Since the sun would hit the garden in the morning as well as the evening, it was a prime location.

If you will be over winter gardening, consider how different the amount of sunlight is during winter versus during the summer. Living in the Pacific NW, USA, we have drastic shifts in the slant of sunlight and much fewer hours of sun during the winter months.

During the summer months, we can still have daylight until almost 10 pm in the evening. In the winter, our daylight hours are pretty much over around 4:30 in the evening. Therefore, I have to make certain that any winter gardening I do has a prime sunny location during the colder months.

Of course, if your gardening needs are primarily for shade loving plants, then keep that in mind when setting up your prime location. I have used Lasagna Gardening for both sunny areas and shady areas of our yard and I have had wonderful results all around.