http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?SJQOX 22 August 2008 Preparing Garden for Spring 2009 A portion of the vegetable garden was cleared of spent vegetation, potatoes, beans, carrots, beets,and prepared for the planting of annual red clover cover crop,(single or double cut) which will be surface seeded just prior to a rainstorm. The area was rototilled, using the small Honda FG110, in both directions and raked relatively smooth. The area prepared is 26 feet by 16 feet. Red annual clover will grow until frost, then be winter killed and rototilled in early Spring. The cover crop feeds the earthworms, and fixes soil nitrogen, and reduces streamlet erosion, and adds some fiber (aeration).
