New garden in pasture/fescue

Tracydr · April 5, 2015

I've been trying to figure out how to go about starting my new garden. The only sunny area that I have, until we do a huge amount of clean-up from the el truc company, is my pasture. I attempted to till it and it was a no-go. So, I think I'm just going to plant tomatoes,peppers and eggplants like little trees, in other words, dig a hole, put it in, mulch. Maybe a layer of newspaper under the mulch.
I guess I'll have to skip corn because I simply can not prepare the soil for it.
I can probably do similar with beans,watermelon and squash. Just prepare a small hill, put seeds in and mulch around it.
I have tons and tons of leaves and pine straw. Some horse manure, goat poop and will soon start having more chicken poop.
Will this have a chance of working?im hoping after I do this one season, the mulch will loosen up the top layer enough that I can prep the soil for the fall garden. I usually direct sow lettuce,chard,beets,carrots in the fall. Peas.

April 5, 2015	#1
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	New garden in pasture/fescue I've been trying to figure out how to go about starting my new garden. The only sunny area that I have, until we do a huge amount of clean-up from the el truc company, is my pasture. I attempted to till it and it was a no-go. So, I think I'm just going to plant tomatoes,peppers and eggplants like little trees, in other words, dig a hole, put it in, mulch. Maybe a layer of newspaper under the mulch. I guess I'll have to skip corn because I simply can not prepare the soil for it. I can probably do similar with beans,watermelon and squash. Just prepare a small hill, put seeds in and mulch around it. I have tons and tons of leaves and pine straw. Some horse manure, goat poop and will soon start having more chicken poop. Will this have a chance of working?im hoping after I do this one season, the mulch will loosen up the top layer enough that I can prep the soil for the fall garden. I usually direct sow lettuce,chard,beets,carrots in the fall. Peas.