How to Update Your Garden Annually for Flowers, Veggies, or Vines

Step 2 Clear, churn and turn the dirt in your garden

In this step you will need to clear and churn the dirt in your garden from the preious year.

Clear out and left over dead plants or roots from the previous years crop. you can use your hand or the shovel.

Next churn/turn the dirt over in the garden constantly to loosen the soil. Dig down and churn to at least 6 inches the deeper the better down to a foot deep would be ideal.

Once you have your garden cleared e soil loosened use a rake to smooth out the surface.

Comments

[j9j]

This is great. Thank you. I think you might also be interested in the permaculture concept which improves the soil without tilling. for an extreme version of it (you can do it in your garden - i am planning my permaculture garden now to help reduce my carbon and save water) check out greening the desert on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohI6vnWZmk
Happy gardening. from a sunny sydney (with strict water restrictions).
there is also one on this site. http://www.instructables.com/id/Grow-organic-food-without-spending-%24/