Comments on: Soil-Making Magic: The Secret Witches’ Spell for the Perfect Garden https://www.homestead.org/gardening/making-soil-for-the-garden-with-newspaper-and-mulch/ Learn Homesteading Skills Online Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.6 By: Tony Okrongly https://www.homestead.org/gardening/making-soil-for-the-garden-with-newspaper-and-mulch/#comment-83061 Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:57:33 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/?p=13021#comment-83061 In reply to Julie Michaud.

I don’t know anything about ground elders. Sorry. This method is better for transplants, berries and woody herbs thank seeds. For seeding I would make a different bed. I probably over promised on the wood mulch garden a bit. I have both types.

]]> By: Julie Michaud https://www.homestead.org/gardening/making-soil-for-the-garden-with-newspaper-and-mulch/#comment-83059 Fri, 25 Mar 2022 20:13:12 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/?p=13021#comment-83059 Hi! Thanks for this article. We just got a new land and the ground is covered, I mean every inch is covered with ground elders. I did my best to get the roots but I know ground elders grow out of the tiniest piece of root. I dug a few patches to garden already but I have a feeling I may not be able to plant food such as carrots, broccoli and the like yet because the ground elders would probably come back and harm the roots of our wanted vegetables. Does your trick work for ground elders too? How many months should I keep our garden beds covered before planting? Once ready to plant do i remove the top layer of mulch so I can seed? You say not to cultivate but I need to pull my carrots somehow. Are you implying that you do not replant after the first year? Does it work with lettuce bed? So many questions but you got me curious!

]]> By: anthony j okrongly https://www.homestead.org/gardening/making-soil-for-the-garden-with-newspaper-and-mulch/#comment-54087 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:00:33 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/?p=13021#comment-54087 In reply to paul.

Good comment. Thanks!

]]> By: paul https://www.homestead.org/gardening/making-soil-for-the-garden-with-newspaper-and-mulch/#comment-28133 Fri, 15 May 2020 14:55:35 +0000 https://www.homestead.org/?p=13021#comment-28133 Completely agree with your favoritism of fungi and mulch! However I don’t think there are any “BAD” plants, just some unwelcome neighbors and a few we should avoid such as poison ivy and hemlock and their ilk.

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