permaculture

["Lisa Rollens" <rollens@fidnet.com>]

Kathy,  the only thing I can think of that is really worthwhile is planting 
a cover crop.  It holds the nutrients all winter so they don't leach away 
and makes good growth in the spring that you can till in for organic matter 
and nitrogen.  I planted wheat and hairy vetch this year.  Hairy vetch is 
supposed to be particularly good to plant tomatoes in next spring. 
Unfortunately, it's probably too late to plant now...the seedlings, if they 
sprout on some of our warm days won't be big enough to make it thru the 
winter.  I would encourage you to plan for green manure crops in the future. 
I am and will.  In the past haven't really had the opportunity.  Down here, 
in the Ozarks, with so much drought, sometimes they sprout early enough and 
sometimes they don't.  This year it worked!  I don't know when you start 
gardening, but you could plant clover on the snow and let it grow for quite 
a while before you till it in to plant warm season crops.  Just some 
ideas....Lisa


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Evans" <evansdk@earthlink.net>
To: "jedd" <jedd@progsoc.org>; "permaculture" 
<permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] putting the garden to bed


> Jedd, I usually pull up the annuals, sometimes putting them in the 
> compost,
> sometimes leaving them where they are, and put away the "stuff"....stakes
> and cages. Sometimes I spread some of whatever I have lying around, 
> chopped
> up leaves and/or straw and even compost if I'm very ambitious, but I often
> don't get to that until Feb. or March. I've read many different theories
> about leaving or not leaving the dead stuff where it is. I don't turn over
> the soil or anything.  Thanks, Kathy
>
> Kathy Evans
> evansdk@earthlink.net
>
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: jedd <jedd@progsoc.org>
> > To: <evansdk@earthlink.net>; permaculture 
> > <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Date: 11/3/2006 4:08:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [permaculture] putting the garden to bed
> >
> > On Thursday 02 November 2006 11:49 pm, Kathy Evans wrote:
> >  ] ... permacultury way that might be different from what I usually do?
> >
> >  What do you usually do?
> >
> >  Jedd.
>
>
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