When I start and design lasagna style gardens or no-till borderless raised beds, all I do is cover my soil first with 1-2" of newspapers or any old white papers. Then I layer up to 12-24" of undone compost or greens and browns on top of it. Then I put about 2-6" of a mixture of a cheap plain potting mix and my best mature compost or humus on top to guarantee good seed germination of my crops or flowers.
Then I plant my crops or flowers.
I regularly irrigate and feed my plants a combination of aerated compost tea recipes, fish emulsion, seaweed tea, dry molasses, etc. , or whatever makes sense for the type of plants I'm growing.
Hope this helps.
Happy Gardening!
_________________ The entire Kingdom of God can be totally explained as an Organic Garden (Mark 4:26)
William Cureton
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