Cardboard and manure set up 8/23/25

 Bearden UMC Community Garden - Cardboard and manure set up  8/23/25. 

This morning Aaron, Luke, Chricinda, and I laid cardboard on half of the lawn. We then put down wood chips for pathways and manure for the garden beds. I brought some compost, grass clippings, and  mulched leaves to set up one bed with sheet composting (lasagne gardening). We accomplished alot in a couple of hours. 


Two beds cover in manure. 

One bed still need manure. 

One bed set up with manure, compost, grass clippings, and leave. It will need a few more leave. We watered each layer. 

My youngest volunteer at work picking up rubber mulch and putting wood chips in his wheelbarrow. 


Chricinda helped me lay out cardboard. 


I am glad the temperature will be cooling off. Next week, we will start needing donations of cardboard, compost, grass clipping, and leaves. 

Thanks, Leigh 


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