I think that Rick and Roger can solarize in one summer due to the intense heat there. If I understand their method they rotate their crops annually, plant a cover crop, and then solarize the area with the cover crop. That would degrade and be turned into organic matter under the plastic to be tilled into the soil in the fall before planting. The temps need to get pretty hot under their. I used to do that with my veggie garden and plant on alternate years. I used back plastic to intensify the heat. I know that they use a clear plastic from what I've read. Clear plastic here doesn't get hot enough, and weeds grow under it and that's not good.
I would think you should solarize an area this summer (good excuse to make a new bed) and plant it next summer, leaving it covered all this year, and up to the time you want to plant in 2017. I would add any amendments now and let the worms and such work it into the soil. That way it would be solarized too. I always wet it good before putting down the plastic. That way lots of weed seeds try to germinate and die. I would also clean and disinfect your tiller before tilling it. Then report back to us about how that worked. Also I'd re-soak any plants put into the space with a bleach solution.
I've been wanting to do this, but never seem to get it done. Although I have a new place that I solarized since last year to make room for some veggies, since I keep steeling space for my seedlings.
There, now you have a new experiment all ready to go!
