> Cerumen wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm fairly new to vegetable gardening, having started one year ago.
>>> Now that the growing season is over, I'm thinking of trying the
>>> technique of covering the plot with black plastic sheeting, in order
>>> to kill off all plants and weeds, prior to next Spring's planting.
>>>
>>> What is the best time of year to do this, and how long does the
>>> plastic need to be left in place? If you have tried this method, have
>>> you found the black plastic to be reusable in successive years?
>>>
>>> One timetable I had thought of is to plant the beds with winter field
>>> beans, right now, to enrich the soil. Then, early next Spring, when
>>> the field beans have grown, cover the whole lot with black plastic
>>> for a suitable time, to kill everything (field beans and weeds) then
>>> remove the plastic and plant my vegetables in the weed-free soil.
>>> Does this sound like a good plan?
>>>
>> To a point but I'd be tempted to dig or rotovate rthe field beans
>> into the soil before covering it.
> Likewise...........I always thought that was 'green composting'? :)
Yes it is.
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>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I'm fairly new to vegetable gardening, having started one year ago.
>>> Now that the growing season is over, I'm thinking of trying the
>>> technique of covering the plot with black plastic sheeting, in order
>>> to kill off all plants and weeds, prior to next Spring's planting.
>>>
>>> What is the best time of year to do this, and how long does the
>>> plastic need to be left in place? If you have tried this method, have
>>> you found the black plastic to be reusable in successive years?
>>>
>>> One timetable I had thought of is to plant the beds with winter field
>>> beans, right now, to enrich the soil. Then, early next Spring, when
>>> the field beans have grown, cover the whole lot with black plastic
>>> for a suitable time, to kill everything (field beans and weeds) then
>>> remove the plastic and plant my vegetables in the weed-free soil.
>>> Does this sound like a good plan?
>>>
>> To a point but I'd be tempted to dig or rotovate rthe field beans
>> into the soil before covering it.
> Likewise...........I always thought that was 'green composting'? :)