Preparing a garden bed for seed sowing is a difficult task, in fact it is the most difficult task we’ll perform in the garden all year. Over the summer, weeds grows unfettered, plants die, and the soil is depleted of nutrition.
All those planting beds need to be cleared and amended.
Thankfully, at Dorsey High School, we had a few students show up for garden work on a Saturday and they did a fabulous job.
For approximately two and a half hours students weeded, removed bermuda grass, old plants, and completed some seriously needed site prep work.
See video, How to Amend a Raised Bed, to view the process of adding amendments (preferably organic compost) and turning (or aerating) the soil.
