I have my garden laid out on paper and stakes marking the rows in the garden. Wooden boxes are in place for plants potatoes above mud when spring rain comes. Today I filled the 3'x10' wooden frames with tree leaves, a mix of leaves, pine needles, dead sticks, and 5 gallons of wood ash. It is suppose to rain so I guess I have to wait to shovel soil from each side onto the leaves. I hope this is composted enough by April to plant potatoes. 3 rows of potatoes about 10" between each cutting. About 108 plants. If I get 3 lbs of potatoes per plant that gives me 324 lbs of potatoes. Just have to wait and see if it works.
I am trying to avoid rotting potatoes in the swamp.
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Looks great. I hope you needed that wood ash - it's highly alkaline, more so than regular lime (ground limestone). If you have very acidic soil, it'll be great. I generate a lot of ash (5 gal per week in the winter) from my stove but my soil is already neutral to just slightly acidic so I don't use it on the garden.