How to Grow More Vegetables

Sow Winter Compost Mix (recipe per 100 square feet) about 6 weeks

before first hard frost date

Hard

red

spring

wheat

100 broadcast1 ounce (about 2.6 tablespoons)

Cereal

rye^100 broadcast0.2 ounce (about ½ tablespoon)

Vetch 100 broadcast0.31 ounce (¾ tablespoon)

Fava

Beans

throughout

bed

21"

centers 0.8 ounce (¼ cup) sown

On

planting

date

Transplant crops in indicated area on map. Choose healthiest

plants. Consult Master Charts for information on timing and

tips for best size to transplant. Record information about

planting dates for future reference.

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• The mature materials for compost include: corn stalks
  and winter compost crops.


• Immature materials for compost are diverse: carrot
  tops, tomato plants after harvest, cucumber vines, etc.
  They also include any material like amaranth or
  buckwheat not grown to maturity after the main
  season. If you use sweet corn, let it continue to grow
  for 30 days after harvesting the ears. This will enable
  the corn plant to produce a lot more carbon in
  quantity and/or quality in a relatively short period of