Bill, thanks for the advice!
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Add lots of organic matter and add peat to the soil as it will also help retain moisture.
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But will that raise the pH too much?
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If you can till in some fresh horse manure it seems to cause a definite drop in nematode populations.
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The guy who owns the pasture next to the garden has brought his horses there for the summer. I just have to go shovel it up. Assuming this would go into a fallow bed to age.
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Good luck because if my experience is any indicator you are in for a long and never ending battle; but one that you can win with persistent soil building and mulching.
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Yep, a never ending battle. I'm curious to see how the beds sown with hemp last summer do this year. The extra tilling under the hot summer sun has seemed to help too but I worry about disturbing the soil structure that much.