How to Plant on Cheesecloth

Any successful gardener knows the joy of anticipation when planting a vegetable or flower garden, and the feeling of accomplishment when plants bloom or bear fruit. Every gardener knows, too, the frustration of having weeds invade the garden, and the fatigue of hours spent fighting those suckers of water and nutrition. Planting on garden fabric, or making your own from newspapers or cheesecloth, can save you the pain of weeding in the long term. This is a step, though, that must come at the start of any garden.

Shovel
Measuring tape
Scissors
Cheesecloth
Quick-draining garden soil
Organic compost

Instructions

- 1
  Dig out your garden site to hide the cheesecloth beneath a layer of soil. Mark the edges of the garden, then dig up the top 10 inches of soil in the entire site and lay it aside. Remove any weeds, rocks, roots or grass to eliminate future growth.
- 2
  Measure your garden site with a measuring tape and cut lengths of cheesecloth with scissors to cover the site. Lay the cheesecloth in the hole that you dug to line the garden bed. This cloth will keep weeds from growing up into the garden.
- 3
  Amend the soil while you have it available. Add quick-draining garden soil and organic compost until you have a mix of half garden soil and half amendments, to give your flowers or vegetables quick drainage and full organic nutrition in their bed.
- 4
  Shovel the amended soil back into the garden site, on top of the cheesecloth, and plant as usual.

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