Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Aliza" <realfood@wonderfulfarm.com>]

 

I am converting a pen that was deep bedded for goats over the winter into a garden space.  I have to take the shed roof off it still but then I want to be able to plant it in summer fruits - squash, melons, cucumber etc.  stuff that likes the heavy feeding.  This pen was the shelter for my bucks (they have scads of pasture as well) and is basically a foot or more deep in alfalfa hay/manure deep bedded because I had a big water problem - like there is a winter spring under this area LOL - not for livestock anymore -  anyway.......   will I need to do anything special aside from soaking it well before planting?  I assume that the goat manure/alfalfa mix wont cause too much of a problem for these types of plants in terms of burning. 

 

Any suggestions?  This is a full sun area all summer long and I am so glad to be reclaiming it for garden space especially because of the winter water issue. 

 

aliza

in sort of sunny and a little dampy warm feeling Ashland, Oregon