Now that you have completed the fall harvest from your garden, it is time to prepare the soil so that you can enjoy good crops next year. Unfortunately, many gardeners forget that the growing season is actually very hard on nutrient levels in the soil. Aside from that, certain crops attract specific bugs that will make it even harder to grow viable crops in the next seasons. These are just a few reasons why fall soil preparation and crop rotation are extremely important. In many cases, a few simple changes can make an enormous difference and enable you to enjoy fresh produce with far less effort than expected. Some Things You Need to Know about Companion Planting If you routinely plant corn and beans together, then you already know that beans will always fix nitrogen into the soil while corn uses it faster than many other crops. In a similar way, when doing crop rotations, it is very important to use beans and other nitrogen fixing legumes in areas where crops removed this and other vital nutrients. No matter how you plan these rotations, it is also very important to return as much plant material as possible to the soil. For example, instead of removing dead plants from the garden, simply dig them under in the fall and then let the snow and winter rain add extra fertilizer on the spot.
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