For intensive or square foot gardening, ignore the row spacings and use seed-to-seed spacing in both directions. If starting from seed, follow seed packet directions. Rake the surface smooth, and you are ready to seed.
If adding an amendment like compost or manure, layer it on top and allow it to work into the soil during broadforking.
To loosen compacted soil, drive a digging or broadfork as deeply into the soil as possible and rock it back and forth to loosen soil without destroying structure. If seeding, rake off residue and compost it.Ī broadfork at work, from the video, “The broadfork – Jean-Martin Fortier – The Market Gardener’s Toolkit,” Remove the tarp and plant transplants directly. It involves covering beds with a black plastic tarp or landscape fabric for 4-6 weeks to starve weeds of sun and kill seeds with heat. Occultation is a no-dig alternative for weed control. Leave the roots to decompose in the soil and smooth the surface with a rake to present a nice seed bed. Leave the cuttings as mulch if installing transplants or add them to the compost heap if you are planting seeds. If possible, leave the residue on the ground for a couple of weeks to let roots begin to decay, then use a stirrup hoe (some call it a scuffle hoe) to cut the crowns, just below soil level. To remove it, cut it as close to flush with the soil as possible, with a string trimmer or mower. This enables deepest root penetration and greatest photosynthetic carbon deposits in the soil.
If you grew a cover crop over the winter, let it grow as long as possible short of letting it set seed. If you haven’t gotten started yet, there is plenty of time to get things going for a productive gardening season.Īs mentioned in previous articles, deep tilling is no longer a recommended practice, except for new beds where loosening compacted soils and integrating organic matter can make sense. The air and ground are warming, buds are fattening and if you did some cool weather vegetable planting in March, you may soon be enjoying some early garden produce.
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It’s April and edible gardening is in full swing.
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