Thanks Chelle, but what do you mean by "plant it"? I wasn't intending on putting any mulch on it though. We're up a little high on the hill here and when the Santa Ana Winds start blowing, look out! Whatever mulch I laid down would be down the street!
My plan was to just cover all the beds now and hopefully by spring it will have broken down enough to do some planting and a second round of compost. What do you think? Will it breakdown that quickly?
Thanks for the help. I'm just not that experienced.