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I decided to use a wood-chip mulch. I don’t believe a mulch is strictly necessary, but I chose to do so for aesthetic reasons because the garden is in a prominent position. I only put 1-2 inches down, which is less than recommended for most garden projects. However, for a native plant garden, less mulch…

The first task was to remove the lawn. There was 1,200 sq ft of it around the south, east and west sides of the building. There are several ways to remove the lawn: solarizing (covering it in plastic so the grass bakes), layering (covering it in cardboard so the grass is starved of light), removing…