Well, hey there. This time of year, there is one question that I get more than any other,

and that is how to prepare our soil in the fall to prepare for next season. It's a fantastic

question, and I love that people are asking it. If you're asking it yourself, it shows that you're

thinking ahead, but maybe even more importantly, it shows that you

understand the importance of good soil to the production of your crops in the future. For the longest

time, personally, I aimed to simply cover my soil with mulch. That way, I could hopefully keep the

soil in place and prevent erosion while also letting that

mulch break down slowly over the winter.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Compared to leaving your soil bare, it's for sure a better option than doing nothing.

But is there an even better way?

Is there something that you can do for your soil in the fall that

will actually do more for your soil than just a sheer covering of mulch? In my experience, absolutely.

And thankfully, it actually doesn't require much more labor than covering with mulch, and that is

planting cover crops. Now, if you've been listening to the podcast

for a while, you know that I'm actually fairly new at planting cover crops. I think this is my

third or fourth season. I can't remember. But I do know that in the beginning when I was starting

to use cover crops in the garden, it was so confusing to me. No matter how much research I did,

how many pamphlets I read,

there was still this part of me that wasn't quite sure what I was doing. And even since then,

as I've shared with you on Instagram, how I'm doing the cover crops in my garden, or maybe I've

referenced it otherwise, I've had a lot of questions. And it's been really hard for me because I didn't want to answer

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