In the fall, I like to make sure my garden is as ready as possible for the spring. In the process of preparing the garden bed, I layer up many things I find in the yard that will compost over the winter. Things include leaves, twigs, chicken manure, vegetable scraps and dirt. I find that it is easier to accomplish the layering when the items are readily available and not frozen. The first step is cutting back all dead plants in your garden bed. If there are weeds, I will bag those up and dispose of them but if it’s just dead vegetable plants, I cut them up into small…