Do you till the garden? If so you can just till it in. If you don't then just rake it aside the row pr space where you want to plant and then once the soil warms rake back as mulch for this year. It just continues to decompose in place with no problems.

Dave

Thanks, I'm not planning to till, just hand dig to loosen up the soil. Once I get things started I'll start moving the straw back in place.