In the fall of 2010, I gave a permaculture workshop at my house that included creating this bed. We sheet mulched part of my yard, choking out the grass with cardboard and layering grass clippings, straw, manure, leaves and other organic matter.
Now the bed has a nice cover crop that I will chop down in a week or so. I've already transplanted tomatoes into the bed and they are growing very well. They straw and plants around them keep them protected and moist.
Now the bed has a nice cover crop that I will chop down in a week or so. I've already transplanted tomatoes into the bed and they are growing very well. They straw and plants around them keep them protected and moist.
Early in spring, I seeded peas, daikon radish and buckwheat into the mulch. Under the straw, the decomposing matter was nice and moist and the worms were having a feast!
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