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Preparing The Garden For Planting Day – And The Importance Of Doing What You Love!

Sunday, May 10, 2015 4:48
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As planting day draws near for our summer garden crops of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini and more – the process of preparing our garden is now in full gear! 

For the few weeks prior to planting day – each evening, we take about 15 minutes to turn over a few rows of our raised row beds that have been growing our soil re-energizing cover crops of annual rye since last fall.

The cover crops make such a HUGE difference in the soil fertility and in keeping weed seeds out of the beds – but it is important to have all of the beds turned over at least a week or so before planting – to allow the rye and rye roots to begin to break down, as well as let the soil settle before the plants go in.

Using that simple  “15-minute a day approach” keeps the garden prepping tasks simple and stress free – and provides a nice little 15 minute work-out each and every day.

The best part – in a total of about 10 to 12 easy work days – we have our garden completely ready to plant for the summer! How We Get Our Raised Rows Ready… The process for preparing each [...]



Source: http://oldworldgardenfarms.com/2015/05/10/preparing-the-garden-for-planting-day-and-the-importance-of-doing-what-you-love/

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