...but this bed more than most.

this bed, for me at least, had some serious implications for green manures and, if possible, the actual inter-cropping of nitrogen fixing perennials in beds with food crops as well as building organic matter in beds by growing the compost directly in the beds and turning it under at the appropriate time...additionally anyone who pays attention knows how i feel about closing nutrient cycles...this bed has significance for the the garden...in my mind anyway...so when we move plants and soil tot he new garden i want to sequester this bed's contents in a single bed...doesn't matter which...anyone who would like it can have it...i just am extremely interested to see how whatever is planted in it fares...the winter rye ) second photo )is green and holding a lot of nitrogen while the hairy vetch ( bottom two photos ) has survived and continues to feed the rhizobia bacteria that fix nitrogen...the system is still up and running...we just need to see how it works...if it does well and the plants prosper i see white clover, yellow peas, and, perhaps, some of the perennial illinois bundleflower and/or alfalfa...the last two have some drawbacks but fix far more nitrogen...we'll see...move first...refine later.