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Re: Tilling today!!!! (Finally)

Windy One wrote:
> 
> Jessica,just be sure to plant the taller plantings in such a way as to be sure they will not shade the shorter sun lovers .You can make this work to your advantage too by planting such (shade /cool lovers) as lettuce into the shade of the taller ones thereby."Smarter not harder." 
>
Also, my ground seems  a  little rocky.  If the tiller shows it is
rockier
> than I expected, should I still have him till and then used the raised bed
> method? 

>Please consider in your cool/short growing season that you will benefit from residual heat in these rocks; stored and then released at night providing the warmth back to the garden plants.Old timers never removed all the rocks knowing this benefit.Also no fault with your choice of raised beds if the soil is too rocky.
 
> Next question..... should we mulch during this tilling session?  We have a
> mulch pile from last year made up of  dead grass and leaves along with a
> little horse manure and we also have access to rabbit poop.  I have also
> heard that in colder climates (like mine) you can mulch with black
> plastic....is this OK?
>
Till in the mulch or cover the soil with it and then cover with the
black plastic.
That will hasent the soils warming much more so than just covering it
with mulch which actually will slow the heating process as there is no
direct contact with sun to the soil. 
> 
Thanks again for putting up with my stupid questions!

We all had to learn these very same things at some time.There are no
stupid questions only stupid act is not to ask and learn.

Connie H.
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