[Community_garden] sheet composting

[lynng30]

Hello,

Does anyone have experience starting a brand new
garden using sheet composting as a technique to "break
ground"? (read below for details)  

I am working with a group planning to do a high school
garden and I recommended having the site tilled/plowed
and then worked into raised beds.  It will be
something like 14 - 4' x 16' raised beds (no timber,
just digging the soil up into raised beds and bringing
material in - such as straw - for the paths in
between).   A teacher at the school suggested the
sheet composting technique.  That would have to be
started this fall for a spring '08 garden.  I am
skeptical that it could be very productive for the
first several years - as it might take that long for
the layers of soil to be worked by natural processes
for the deeper rooted crops.  I have read through the
Lasagne Garden book and thought of that as one method
to use.

Any suggestions?  Experience in this area? 

I appreciate your time and expertise in your
responses!
-Lynn



       
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