I'd go with the green manure crop, it will keep any weeds down over the
winter months and just before spring you cut it down and its an instant
manure crop. Maybe add a little manure at the same time as you cut the
winter crop.
Its cheap, enviromentally friendly and requires little work. Clover is an
excellent manure crop.
I put it on all my 'unused' winter beds, the ones that don't get much winter
sun.

"Steve" wrote in message
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Steve Sagerian wrote:
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maybe rototill and add some nutrients..fertilize?
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Steven

Don't add garden fertilizer in the fall. The nutrients, especially the
nitrogen, tend to wash out during the off season. All you are doing is
polluting and wasting your money. Fertilize when the garden is growing
and the plants need it.
If you need to add lime, you can do that in the fall. Also anything
organic can go in now such as chopped leaves or the grass clippings. I
thing your other ideas are all good.

Steve