Great plan, Donna. The square cages do sound like the best. And yes, once the leaves are good and moist, covering them over really helps things here. Worms and fungus can work on them and they go better thru winter than upright leaf piles that get dry around the sides, and cold due to lack of nitrogen.

If you can't turn the soil in the rows, I think you could still just dig for each plant.

Very good article, thank you.

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