giving a boost to the vegetables that follow. Growing a green manure in winter prevents soil from having nutrients washed away by rain or snow, and some varieties have a fibrous root system that ...

This can be compost, manure, or peat moss ... which combines the benefits of all three. Some vegetables excel in clay soil. Plants with shallow root systems, such as leafy greens like spinach ...

Success with root vegetables is very much down to the ... When digging over your soil, do not add manure as this makes the soil too rich for the seeds. One week before sowing your seeds, rake ...