>I've tried to cope with this at the portion of my allotment that is
>ploughed and tilled annually by leaving mulch on as much of the plot as I
>can when I "clean it up" for the fall. I know that within a few weeks of
>me doing this the plot will be ploughed, but I still feel better than just
>leaving it bare for those few weeks. Unfortunately, it is then bare till I
>start planting it in May, although there is a snow cover for several
>months in between.
>
Is there no way you get get more mulch on there before the snow Sandra -
the thought of all that poor cold bare earth, with its nutrients being
washed out by the spring thaw, makes me feel shivery now. I know you would
need to pull the mulch aside to allow the earth to be warmed by the sun in
spring - you certainly don't have an easy gardening climate
kathryn
