I can grow weeds better than I can grow grass so I have convinced myself Weeds make a better composting material than cut grass. The first principal of building your Ugly garden is to trust your instinct and allow yourself to be convinced by simple logic.
My ability to grow weeds has come from my willingness's to not spray my yard with Chemical weed control. It is a simple approach which saves a lot of money and is a great defense when I argue with my angry neighbors who accuse me of bringing down their home values.
My old snapper lawn mower which I inherited from my childhood has sat stagnant for the last seven years. I replaced the lawnmower with a tiller which is basically my mechanical approach to producing an abundance of weeds in my yard. Nothing invites weeds more than a freshly tilled yard.
My tiller has become my paint brush providing a canvass for every weed which grows in my neighborhood. The art of how to control weeds produced by the open tilled ground was not a chapter in my Tiller's owner's manual.
