Organic gardening soil key to rich foliage

 Organic gardening soil is the key to success for many would be gardeners beginning to build or remodel their gardens this spring. Here are little hints  to avoid costly growing mistakes:

The biggest mistake commonly made forming  small gardens organically is lack of soil preparation. Your grounds may be perfectly laid out, expertly cultivated and nicely kept but failing to prepare the soil first leads to major disappointment.

 Thoroughly trench and prepare soil now before there’s anything on the ground . This helps avoid problems later in the growing process. Put this off for a better time and you may end up reaping only half the results which a little foresight and advanced planning could have prevented.

Trenching is a simple technique so rarely performed correctly that many don’t know how it’s really done.  Some gardeners consider a piece of ground trenched two feet deep completely ruined. We emphasize the importance of trenching to the depth of at least two feet and if the nature of the soil allows, even three feet.

Beginning on one side of the garden dig a trench  two or three feet deep at the proper width and length. This should be carried to the other side to fill up the last trench. Next dig a trench the same width into the one already opened, placing the top soil at the bottom. Continue to do this trench by trench until you have them all done.  At this point the ground should be properly levelled.

 Cover the entire surface with a coat of good organic fertiliser which should  be mixed in by turning the soil and fertiliser up well together. Given reasonable time to settle, your soil will then be ready for planting. One thing to remember; if the location is wet or the subsoil is clay, proper drainage should be made to remove excess water.  Tiles or blind drains, as they are called, will serve the purpose.

In the case of older grounds the work must be done gradually. Spaces between large trees should be trenched cutting as near to the main roots as possible without injuring them. Proceed in the same manner described above until the ground is properly trenched.

As a result, roots of all plants push deeper and penetrate into the soil producing rich foliage from everything grown on the soil which you will rarely see in unprepared ground.