I was told by a neighbor that the clay soil here compacts so will need to be plowed and disced every spring.
So I’ll take up the remaining paper before he discs for us, unless it degrades enough over the winter. Or does it decompose as fast as the leaves and grass will? Those latter would be good to work into the soil, I assume.
It is amazing how much the locals know about gardening and livestock here- even those that don’t do it any more. They grew up in poor Appalachain families that lived off the land.
We have clay too. Haven’t plowed in years.
It will probably break down over the course of a year. What doesn’t will plow in. We did that for a few years.
This will add a LOT of organic matter to your soil, it won’t be ‘clay’ in 5 or 6 years like it is now.
The gravel parking lot I use as a second plot is now ‘dirt’ with some gravel rocks in it.