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How to make cardboard decompose faster
I am beginning my first raised vegetable garden. I have picked out a great sunny spot for it. I’ve put down cardboard inside the bed over the grass to kill the grass. My question is: Is there anything I can put on top of the cardboard to hasten the decomposition of the cardboard? I am to get my soil delivered next week. I’m just wondering if there was something that would do that?? Any help is appreciated.
Kindest regards, Linda
Posted by Linda McIntyre on August 21, 2015
Marianne's Response
Sounds like you are off to a good start with raised bed and having soil delivered. Make sure the cardboard is very wet and lay down a few inches of manure or compost before you add the soil. The critters that will decompose the cardboard will be in the compost/manure more than just topsoil. By next spring the cardboard will be gone. Keep growing, Marianne Binetti
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