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Thanks Charles – I’ve been pulling up just about every one of these that I can right now but it is quite a job.
Are you saying cardboard the beds or just the paths after I pull my crops?
Last year I did an experiment where I covered my beds with seaweed on one block, left one uncovered, put a cover crop of turnips & winter rye on another & added just my compost to the other.
The seaweed block and compost block did the best over the winter and had less weeds this year.
I was thinking of adding a cover crop of mustard this fall on the beds (your recommendation in one of the books) – then adding about 5 yards of compost on the beds this fall (except my radicchio and chicories) once it has died back, instead of in the spring like I did last year.
Do you think that is a good strategy? or should I cardboard & add the compost. Since it is 1/5 acre that is going to be a lot of cardboard.