Here’s a bit about the strategy we are using to prepare ground for growing vegetables while building soil at Family and Friends Farm. We start by covering ground with tarps for a few weeks. Then pull it off, add a layer of compost, work it in, then plant into it. After 2 successions of plantings, a cover crop mix is seeded. We will use native seeds for the cover crops. After that matures, it’s smothered with the tarp, and the process repeats. This all done without mechanization, no tractor.
