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      Make a plastic root cellar by sinking a garbage can into the ground with the rim 3 inches above the ground.  Line the bottom of the garbage can with 2 inches of damp sand, repeat this with each layer of vegetables.  Finally, place a 1 to 2 foot high pile of leaves and straw over the top followed by a plastic film held down by rocks.

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High nitrogen fertilizer, like fish emulsion, provides foliage plants with plenty of leaf growth.

Raise bed gardens recipe includes stacking a layer of newspaper, peat moss, grass clipping, shreaded leaves, peat moss again, shredded leaves, peat moss, compost, peat moss with a cover of plastic. Make sure each layer is moist, give it a few weeks, stir the ingredients and presto - perfect mulch for your raised garden.