"Billy" wrote in message
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In article ,
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

"Scott Hildenbrand" wrote in message
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I've got a new plot which I'm going to work out for a vegetable garden
this spring.

Size: 34' X 50' - 1700 SF

It's currently lawn sod which I will be killing off by mowing it to
ground
level and tarping it with black plastic for a month+.

Once it's ready I'm wanting to add at least 3" of material to it.

I'd figured it out to at least 15 cubic yards of material needed.

What I'd like to do is 70% amendment soil, 10% peat, 15% manure and the
rest would be the leaf matter I collected this fall.

Wanting to know what you all think of this, or if I should go about it
in
a different manner. Or if you think I should add anything else to prep
it
for first season growth before it gets seasoned in.

Thanks in advance!


Like Val said, use clear plastic.

And, wherever you said "I should", change to "the hired teenager should".
You should watch him/her very carefully while sipping a beer.

You gotta admire Joe's style with teenagers and beer, although hiring a
teenager sounds a lot like herding cats. Maybe teenagers are different
in New York.


If you can catch them in a weak moment, you can hire them to do lawns & yard
cleanup. Works best if you wave money when they first wake up in the
morning. They can also be tricked, as in "If you work that lawnmower, I
might be able to work this waffle iron".