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Lazy gardening refers to the use of simple techniques in agriculture or gardening that nonetheless give good results.

Key ingredients include:

• Mulch (to reduce weeding and watering)
• Easy-to-grow plants
• No-turn surface composting, or integrated composting (within the bed, like in keyhole gardening[1])
• Efficient use of water

Techniques include:

• The various approaches to urban agriculture (which includes some of the techniques listed here).
• Permanent raised bed (to reduce erosion and allow better drainage)
• Container gardening:
  • Bag gardens
  • Self-watering plant containers
• Vertical gardens - these may take some work to make, but are space efficient and can be easy to maintain.
  • Green wall
  • Pipe garden - made from a PVC pipe filled with soil, with holes for plants, placed vertically.
• square foot gardens,
• keyhole gardens
• Using drip-systems and timers to ensure that water isn't wasted.

There are also many small tricks that make gardening easier. Taken together, they make gardening much less time-consuming and more practical for many people.