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Billy[_10_] · 15-11-2011, 04:42 AM posted to rec.gardens

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have about 300 sq ft lawn area i am converting to vegetable garden. have
put down cardboard and newspapers and covered with about 3 inches of
shreaded leaves. anything else i should do before the snow arives?

No. In late winter add
N: 18.37 lb. chicken manure/ 100 sq.ft. (2.88 oz/sq.ft.)

P: (rock phosphate) 3 lb. / 100/sq.ft. (.48 oz/sq.ft.)

K: Use one gallon of ashes per square yard on loam to clay-loam soil,
and half as much on sandier soils.

Then cover with fresh newsprint or card board, and top with more mulch.

In April, use a dibble to make holes in your garden for planting seed or
seedlings.
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