Re: new veg bed soil prep?

I guess I come from the lazy group of gardeners, because I started just
tilling in, my refuge, leave grass clipping, and everything else I could
find years ago, and left it up to nature. I have 5 raised beds and each year
I just stack all the stuff up on a idle bed and in the fall till it in. I
has been working well for me for 20 years, so I guess it works. I suggest
you lay down a layer of vegetable material, then a layer of soil. Mix the
two together, then start another layer etc, till your beds are full, and as
you say let nature takes its course.

 Rusty

-----Original Message-----
From: Donna Wilson <donnaw@imag.net>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 9:24 AM
Subject: new veg bed soil prep?


>I'm starting 3 new raised beds for veggies next spring.  The beds are
>built -- 3' x 8' x 20".  The soil is very poor and as I'm on the edge of
>rainforest/bush, digging exposes and encourages the amazingly pervasive
>roots of sword fern, berries, Oregon grape, nettles <long list>.  My plan
is
>to build up rather than to dig down.
>
>I've gathered mountains of leaves.   Is there anything other than mounding
>them up and letting nature takes its course that I could do to encourage
>decomposition.
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