Should I kill everything in my new bare garden before winter?
December 3rd, 2009 | 
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Dustin questioned:
I recently had a large part of my yard where there was a 30′ pool dug out and removed. I replaced it with top soil very rich in nutrients from a friends farm. We are plotting to start a garden in the spring. The problem is that a weird clover looking plant has started to take the space over. Should I kill all of this before winter or worry about it in the spring?
I recently had a large part of my yard where there was a 30′ pool dug out and removed. I replaced it with top soil very rich in nutrients from a friends farm. We are plotting to start a garden in the spring. The problem is that a weird clover looking plant has started to take the space over. Should I kill all of this before winter or worry about it in the spring?
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I’m plotting on planting clover in my garden over the winter. It is a cover crop. Clover fixes nitrogen out of the air, and it will provide hundreds of pounds of compost when I turn it under with spring tillage.
Cover crops are widely used in both organic and conventional agriculture.
You need to reckon in terms of what weeds are likely to become problems. In my area, the ground doesn’t freeze, and a garden can fill with frost tolerant weeds like chickweed, henbit, and cleavers. These might bother an early spring crop like cabbage, but they will be long gone by the time tomatoes and peppers are growing.
Weeds improve the structure of the soil and protect it from becoming compacted or eroded by heavy rain. They become earthworm food when they are tilled. Just make sure you don’t let aggressive weeds produce seed.
wait until spring when the weed is more active
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leave the clover till spring ~then rotovate or dig it in~
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Clover is a very excellent, (free), green fertilizer plant for your garden. Let it grow this winter and till it in next spring. It will take the place of a lot of fertilizer that you would otherwise have to buy.
im pretty sure clover isnt a terrible thing, you might want to check out loveonaleaf.com for advice on this kind of thing