See: for more detailed Explanation of "the Method" ("Double Digging"):::::
http://blueberrypeacefarm.blogspot.com/2016/01/how-to-garden-and-grow-food.html
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Pull 3 ~ 5 gal buckets of Soil from Bed, to get to lower soil depth:
get to lower soil depth, loosen w/ Garden Fork, the entire length of the Garden Bed
replace the 3 ~ 5 gal buckets of Soil from Bed to Garden Bed on opposite end from where the Soil came from
Buckets dumped
Garden Bed has been "shaped" using Steel Rake and hands
Use a 2 ft wide peice of plywood to shape further and lightly press soil together. You move the board and step on it to accomplish this.
Use a pice of 1" X 6" to shape further and lightly press soil together on the perimeter of the Garden Bed
Garden Bed complete
Garden Bed complete
Garden Bed complete
Dressed with a covering of organic rice hulls to keep soil temperature lower and prevent snails in the Garden Bed (snails can't move over rice hulls)
Dressed with a covering of organic rice hulls to keep soil temperature
lower and prevent snails in the Garden Bed (snails can't move over rice
hulls)
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Key ingredient added COMPOST!!!
Finished Compost
Compost in the making (the/a "Key" ingredient Soil/Dirt amendment/additive ! ~ ! ~ !
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The following 3 Pictures are taken on July 16th, 23rd and the 30th
( .. Mustard Greens "coming out our laurels" ! ) (Medicine; Grateful Dead X Blueberry) ::::::::::::
July 30th, post first Mustard Greens harvest and Garden Bed "tending", above^.
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