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Do you see where the idea gets . its name? .This being horse country, you should be able to find a supply of free manure, and — with the exception of the peat moss — your property should supply the rest of the stuff.

By the time you’re done, you’ve built up a mound that’s about two feet high. You top it off with a final layer of peat moss, and maybe some wood ashes from your fireplace or wood stove.

Then you commence planting your garden. Now it’s really simple. You just open up a spot in your mound, plunk in a plant and cover it up again. It’s as easy as that — no more digging!

And look at the other benefits: you’re less likely to have weeds because the papers will block them; the cool, damp area under the papers will attract earthworms, which will churn up the pile that you’ve built and the area beneath it, which is a good

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