Driveway and walkway garden
I'm a new gardener, because I was discouraged by the sticky adobe clay. Last year I changed a partially shaded, curved flowerbed (brick and concrete bottom) in the circular driveway into an 8 inch wide by 90 foot long vegetable bed full of swiss chard, arugula, lettuce, beets, kale, and parsley. I used the "lasagna" method of layering various materials from around the yard (we have horses) and kitchen based compost of course, and, despite being only about 7 inches deep, it grew beautifully with no soil. The chard and parsley grew like crazy during the winter months.
This year we are making a 16 x 3 foot box made of discarded deck boards, and I will again layer "lasagna style" on top of the adobe clay and cardboard. Last year I planted 6 tomato plants on a 4 inch deep (when settled) lasagna bed over newspapers. The plants shot up to 5'7", but unfortunately shade prevented them from producing many tomatoes. This year they'll be in all day sun. I love the no dig method. Also I have planted two orange trees.
Someday we will turn our front lawn into something of an edible garden, despite the shade from all the tall trees that we planted as sticks.
