Feel guilty about throwing away your political yard signs on November 5th? Consider hiring them to work in your garden.
1) Find an area of lawn or weeds you'd like to turn into a vegetable plot.
2) Spread an inch or two of compost right over the sod or ground-cover.
3) Layer your colorful paperboard signs on top of the compost (as they slowly decompose, these signs will keep underlying vegetation from reaching the sun).
4) Cover the signs with several inches of grass clippings, wood chips, fallen leaves, and compost.
5) Water the area every couple weeks.
6) In the spring, you've got a cleared plot of fertile soil to plant in!
1) Find an area of lawn or weeds you'd like to turn into a vegetable plot.
2) Spread an inch or two of compost right over the sod or ground-cover.
3) Layer your colorful paperboard signs on top of the compost (as they slowly decompose, these signs will keep underlying vegetation from reaching the sun).
4) Cover the signs with several inches of grass clippings, wood chips, fallen leaves, and compost.
5) Water the area every couple weeks.
6) In the spring, you've got a cleared plot of fertile soil to plant in!
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