Ditch Digging Your Organic Beds

 

Build a better vegetable patch with this no-dig method, borrowed from organic farms in rural Australia. The no-dig piles are fairly stable, but some gardeners prefer to build boxes to contain them. The materials below are enough to build a 4-by-8-foot raised bed.

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Step 1.
Moisten the soil thoroughly with a hose and add a generous dusting of bloodmeal and bonemeal. Wear a mask to avoid inhaling the dust. (Repeat the watering and dusting step after adding each layer to the pile.)

Step 2.
Cover the ground with ¼ to ½ inch of newspapers.

Step 3.
Place 4-inch-deep pads 
of alfalfa hay on top of the newspaper.

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Article source: Rodale’s Organic Life
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