Sow a cover crop on the fallow beds.

The community garden plots on the edge of Gridley sit fallow and bare through the winter, letting topsoil erode with every valley storm. A quick cover crop of clover and vetch holds that soil in place and adds nitrogen back for spring planting.

Where

Community garden plots, Gridley, CA 95948 · Open the map

Pay

$140 proposed

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Proof

Photo of seeded and watered bed

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Level

entry

Open until

2026-10-19

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0x034F…6c89

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. Clear the fallow bed of old plant debris and large clods.
2. Rake the surface lightly to loosen the top inch of soil.
3. Broadcast the cover crop seed mix evenly across the bed.
4. Rake again lightly to cover the seed, then tamp gently.
5. Water the bed until evenly moist.
6. Photograph the seeded bed and log the seed mix used.

What counts as done

• Photo of seeded bed
• Seed mix logged
• GPS pin of plot

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Soil Health. Soil health is the discovery, now written into USDA standards, that soil is not dirt but a living body: it breathes, digests, holds water, and can sicken or recover. The tests are wonderfully physical. Time how fast water soaks in. See whether a clod holds together in water or falls apart. Smell for the sweetness of organic matter. Mastery looks like a farmer who can read a handful of ground like a page. This packet is one plot examined by those methods and recorded, one honest page in the story of a piece of land.