Sheet Mulching the Beds

Although most of my Oakland garden is going to be in containers this year, I decided to sheet mulch the two flower beds that were here when we arrived, partly for practice, partly to use as weed control, and also because I do expect to plan them with flower and food later in the spring.

My sheet mulching method was to save lots of the cardboard boxes from our move, stack them outside where they'd soften, then tear them up and use them to mulch the beds.

Here are some of the shots of the beds during and after the sheet mulching.