Oh good idea! I will have baby beet greens I can harvest. The corn, beans, cucumbers will have to be composted ;(
I wanted to ask you about watering with the newspaper/mulch scenario - I’ll be using just grass clippings this year since I didn’t collect leaves. Will water from rain and overhead sprinklers be able to penetrate the grass and paper well enough?
Depends on how much rain. I use soaker hoses to keep disease pressure to a minimum. The less wet the leaves (especially beans and cucumbers), the less disease.
A sprinkler will be able to do the trick though, you may have to run it a bit longer. But it will stay watered longer and you won’t sink to your ankles the morning after you’ve watered.
You need some chickens for those ‘compostables’ you listed. My chickens love to see me coming in from the garden.