Building soil that promotes healthy growth
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To prepare a garden bed for planting: - Add compost and manure to the soil and let it sit for 3 months to build healthy soil. - Use a specialized fork to aerate the soil by digging and turning over the layers. - Rake the soil smooth and remove any debris or weeds to leave the soil friable and level for planting.
Building soil that promotes healthy growth
- 1. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Soil preparation Building soil that promotes healthy growth
- 2. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Building your soil Soil is best prepared over time This bed has had a combination of seaweed and dried sheep manure added and left for 3 months It is now ready to be worked into the soil
- 3. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Tools required This is a specialist fork which is designed to aerate your soil. It has long flat blades that penetrate deeply into the soil as you turn the soil over. Note the seaweed which has not broken down was put in the compost
- 4. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Planting board I use a planting board to stand on when I am cultivating so I dont compact my soil Some people use these when they are replanting their beds, hence the name.
- 5. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Cultivation technique You need to dig deeply and thoroughly mix the soil layers by breaking up and turning over the soil . Dont make hard work of it break the task up by taking rests, sit and enjoy your garden.
- 6. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Partly cultivated bed Once the bed has been completely dug or forked over break up any remaining large clumps. Remove any weeds or debris
- 7. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Completed bed Bed ready for finishing off. Most people rake and contour (shape) the bed as the final preparation before planting
- 8. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Finishing the bed Rake it smooth to form a level planting surface. This also helps to further break up the soil so it is left friable and ready for planting
- 9. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Completed bed Should be left: Smooth and level Weed and debris free Soil should be fine and crumbly
- 10. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Completed bed You can prepare the soil in part of a bed only. Here we have worked up the soil adjacent to this planting of Garlic which has been growing for 3 months. We can now plant out the rest of the bed.
- 11. Topic 3: Prepare a garden bed for planting Planting the bed Now that we have finished preparing the soil we can begin to plan the layout of our new plantings and commence planting our transplants.