Spring 2011 will be Thistle Top's first year, so there is much preparation to be done in anticipation of spring. There was a tilling (mis)adventure that happened later in the year than I would have liked so the Crimson Clover cover crop is still just a bunch of baby sprouts, but it's better than nothing! Everything else is bunkered down for the cold and rain and will get double dug or tilled in the spring with a little bit of compost or chicken poop. Here is the bed of future carrots:
