Mulching
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A greenhouse prepared for winter. A layer of straw covers all soil and protects the few plants that will stay the winter over. The straw copies the fallen leaves in a forest. Underneath, micro-organisms and little creeping animals will survive and work on the soil to make it healthy and fertile. Weeds are suppressed.
I'm preparing fields for autumn and winter. In an organic garden it is important that the soil is always covered. In this field you see turnips in the back. A pumpkin in the center, but it did not grow well due to a summer that's too cold and wet. In the front a few mullein plants that came up wild. Some onions, thyme and kale at the edges of the field. The circles in the center are formed by another species of turnips (Brassica rapa), which are commonly sown as green manure or for animal feed after the harvest of grain.
See also
External links
- Mulching Wikipedia