How to prepare vegetable garden beds in spring

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Give your vegetable garden a healthy start in the spring by following my four simple steps! 1) Inspect and repair garden beds, trellises, and other structures. 2) Tidy up by removing and composting garden debris and removing weeds. 3) Loosen the soil. 4) Add organic soil amendments like compost or aged manure as well as organic fertilizers, as needed. Are you ready to get growing?

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@DavidMFChapman 4 жыл бұрын

I cover my beds with shredded leaves in the fall. This week I removed the leaves revealing a lovely bed of dark, uncompacted soil underneath. I won’t till it, but I have several buckets of homemade compost to add to the soil where I’ll be planting. I will wait until the wind storm passes before setting up my mini-hoop tunnel!

@melissapatience6789 4 жыл бұрын

Hi thats a good idea. Do you have a problem with slugs breeding under the leaves though?

@DavidMFChapman 4 жыл бұрын

I do have slugs, but last year they did not seem as active.

@nikijabbour 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Dave! I had leaf mulched a few beds too. Good to remove it early as the leaves keep the soil frozen :)

@panzof8888 3 жыл бұрын

@@nikijabbour thanks this is the tip I was just looking for

@twocountryhome3529 3 жыл бұрын

Great info Thanks

@joehumble6698 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and I’m doing this right now here in B.C Canada

@kathym2563 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Nicki, I was hoping to find you on stitcher ect. but not finding it..I also tried to find episodes of the radio show you were on or are on? Are there any available somewhere? I am so glad you are doing You Tube videos.Will you consider doing more videos and possibly podcasts?

@nikijabbour 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for asking! My radio show returns on Sunday May 3rd from 11- 1 pm (AT) and that will be broadcast live on News 95.7 FM as well as their website. And they do keep some older shows on the website too. Sadly, they don't post all of them as podcasts and while I'd love to do a podcast, I would need more hours in the day :) I will definitely be sharing more videos and have some on my website SavvyGardening.com's youtube channel too :) Thanks again!

@jessemiller2858 3 жыл бұрын

Is there anything else you do to care for your box

@spydirty2530 3 жыл бұрын

Jesse? Please?

@priscillareads 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! New gardener here!! I have a question. Do you add the fertilizer first and mix that in with the soil AND THEN top with the compost and leave it alone?

@axia2136 3 жыл бұрын

My garden bed has a lot of bugs in it after winter what should I do

@TheBonnieberry 2 жыл бұрын

we are in Yarmouth and today I was in my raised bed and noticed loads of nasty wireworms help!!!

@susanedelstein9661 4 жыл бұрын

Niki mentions doing a soil test. Where can I buy a soil test? (Southshore Nova Scotia)

@nikijabbour 4 жыл бұрын

Great question! Here is the link for the NS soil test lab with the info... you can buy testing kits at garden centers but this is really the same price and far more accurate. I believe it's closed right now due to the virus, but when it reopens you can send off a sample. novascotia.ca/agri/documents/lab-services/analytical-lab-soil-analysis.pdf