I was astounded at all the rich mulch that was left behind from last year hay bale garden. I live in a place where the clay is so bad that you could make pots. I used to rotor till my whole garden and distribute the top soil and clay all over the place. Now I grow in trenches. I tell you all about it in my book, "Hay Bale Garden Habitat."
Did I have to double dig my trench fillings? No! All I had to do was add two buckets of my prime soil mixture and rake it smooth on top of my trench. I didn't even worry about making it into a raised bed. The idea about raised beds is to make a bed that has rich soil and is conductive to growing. In my trenches I have the richest soil that will even get better as the years go bye.
I planted lettuce, radishes, and carrots. I then covered them with left over seeding soil. If you took a scoop out of my trench you would see countless worms. The best part about my trench is no wood frames. Why give bugs, like sow bugs, food to multiply.
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