weather we use wood -hay or a combination I was planning a for depth of about 1 1/2 or 2feet down and 2-3 feet above soil level( because I know it will settle after a few years so that we end up with deep organic reservoirs of in ground compost this will be to plant vegetables and flowers and I am thinking of possibly broadcasting white clover to plant through this planting area gets very wet in the spring but hard as a rock and dry in the summer and has only been used a few years . it is also the furthest from the hose and very hard to
water ( we have to carry water or go buy 100 or more feet of additional hose .
This is my way to try to go more no till ( my husband is from a farm family and wants to drive the
tractor over every thing and I would like to encourage worms with more permanent beds , that are like plant-able compost piles so I do not have to wait so late in the season to plant . ( can not use the tractor while the ground is wet but I could plant in the raised part of the bed in March or April .)
the fields we have available to bale are grass and weed see picture ( this photo was from the middle of the field the other half is more dried fine grass ) ,
your point was just what I wanted to get input on. so we should definitely incorporate wood to prevent packing ( we do have lots of fresh uncut and old dry brush but for some reason my husband is interested in testing with hay )
so I am thinking we should also add some manure with the hay and brush , then cap with compost and the removed soil