How To Till A Garden By Hand
How to till soil by hand with the double digging technique.
How to till a garden by hand. Start by spreading compost over the soil where youll be tilling by hand. In this episode john shares with you the no till gardening approach and why he is not tilling his garden with a gas roto tiller. While gas powered roto tilling equipment makes garden tilling a relatively easy job compared to doing it by hand and using a spade or fork even using modern technology there are some tricks to tilling your garden properly. A tiller turns up soil and mixes in soil amendments quickly to establish a fertile garden plot.
Begin by spreading the compost over the soil. It is a great work out. Next dig a 10 inch deep ditch along one edge of the space. Rototiller crapped out and decided to try turning the soil by hand.
When you are preparing a space in your yard for a garden the soil must be tilled to aerate the soil and to mix in amendments. If you use the double digging technique however you can start hand tilling soil without expensive machinery. Tilling garden by hand isnt as hard as it seems. When you double dig the garden youll be working from one end to the other.
How to till soil manually. When you start double digging the garden you will have to work from one end to another. I show you how i clear a new garden space by hand followed with a small gas cultivator. Wife kids and chickens all chipped in.
Learn how to prepare your soil for planting including information on conventional tillage methods no till methods reduced tillage methods and more. Soil that is compacted will not yield healthy plants. Next use your shovel to create a 10 inch ditch along one edge of space. Here are a few steps to help you get started.
You will discover the alternate method john is using to improve.