To dig or not to dig?

A really appealling idea is the no-dig garden. The way it works is to make some type of raised garden bed with bricks, logs or whatever is available. Then add a layer of newspaper to cover the grass and then layers of lucerne and compost. Then the layers decompose and make a lovely 'soil' for the garden. That's the idea anyway. I'm not too sure about all of that newspaper ink going into my organic garden so I've put off that idea for now. Instead we have some raised garden beds with pig poo, straw and sugar cane mulch. I've covered it all with sheets to try to kill off the grass before planting into it.