From scratch

bryanccfshr · June 20, 2017

Excited about my new beds 4' wide by 18" deep section is riverbottom top soil.
It is tapered back a little further into the hill, I will grow some perennials here and there outside the "deep " zone.
I plan on a summer cover crop of cowpeas, sunflowers and assorted random annual flowers and brassicas. This should start adding organic matter. Through the summer and leave a nice mulch when I mow it down and let winter weathering do the rest.

Rockporter · June 20, 2017

Sounds like a fantastic start to me.

MissS · June 21, 2017

You are off to a great start there. In fall you can add all of the leaves that you can get your hands on. That should really help to improve your soil.

bryanccfshr · June 21, 2017

Yeah I have a ton of cottonwoods in the neighborhood.

June 20, 2017	#1
bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	From scratch Excited about my new beds 4' wide by 18" deep section is riverbottom top soil. It is tapered back a little further into the hill, I will grow some perennials here and there outside the "deep " zone. I plan on a summer cover crop of cowpeas, sunflowers and assorted random annual flowers and brassicas. This should start adding organic matter. Through the summer and leave a nice mulch when I mow it down and let winter weathering do the rest. __________________ I moved!

June 20, 2017	#2
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Sounds like a fantastic start to me. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

June 21, 2017	#3
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,149	You are off to a great start there. In fall you can add all of the leaves that you can get your hands on. That should really help to improve your soil. __________________ ~ Patti ~

June 21, 2017	#4
bryanccfshr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Farmington, Nm Posts: 450	Yeah I have a ton of cottonwoods in the neighborhood. __________________ I moved!