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Originally Posted by SteveP
Is there anything else I should add?
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Not
should, but
could add, grass clippings, shredded leaves, home made compost, shredded paper, shredded cardboard like pizza boxes, sphagnum peat moss, straw, yard trimmings from stuff like shrubs and hedges, Coarse Bio-char (charged). The Bio-char really adds tilth.
Rabbit manure/and bedding if you can get some. Coffee Grounds from Starbucks.
Compost directly in the garden with vegetable scraps.
I'm not a fan of tilling but you may want to get some organic stuff tilled in then start using lasagna type gardening to build the soil. Thin layers is best so each layer doesn't become compacted.
Leaving the roots intact from the prior years harvest will help keep the soil from compaction.
If you weren't planting this year I would say add some mulch/wood chips.
Another thing to do to avoid compaction is, in the fall, either plant a winter kill cover crop like Crimson Clover and Oats.
Or at the least top dress the beds with mulch or cardboard.
Pictures would give us a better idea.
I'm a fan of Hugelkultur and Lasagna Gardening, I like tossing everything in there.
