Help Soil prep for next year?

olie24

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First time growing outside. Anyone got any advice to prep soil for next year. Where I’m about to grow theirs grass so I’m guessing I would have to add compost, worm castings or topsoil? Looking to grow peppers and tomato’s
 

weedstoner420

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First step I'd say would be to cut the grass as short as possible, but leave the clippings on the ground. Then cover the area with a few layers of cardboard to kill the grass. Then cover that with 6-8" of compost and/or topsoil, followed by a deep layer of dead leaves for mulch. By spring it should be ready to start gardening in.
 

Oldguyrealy

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Mine I planted Rye and Red Clover.

Come Spring cut the Rye and Clover down, put bunch of Compost down and spread some Wood Ash, then till it in.
 

formularacer

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Before this morning I still had peppers growing.
So far this fall have added 20 bags of composted manure, buckets of sifted trim, bag of lobster chips, bag of chicken shit. I crush clam and scallop shells on the cement slope before my planting hill they get mixed in.
Next step is remove this seasons remains, and harvest the potatoes planted. I try to work the soil over warm days in winter with the exception of where potato is planted. A few times have found potato's where they were not expected. Sometimes interesting results.
I am hoping to grab ten more bags of composted manure before they get put away for winter.
 
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