99% Of Gardeners Make This Mistake With Their Garden Soil!

In this video, I explain why leaving garden soil unprotected can damage your garden. Many gardeners rest garden soil during winter, but leaving garden soil unprotected all winter and exposed to the sun can have serious consequences. Protecting soil is important, and in this video, I share the easiest ways to do it.

Protecting garden soil is easy, yet 99% of gardeners make this mistake with their garden soil! Making these small changes now will make your garden healthier and more productive in spring!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 How The Sun Damages Soil
4:46 Protecting Soil Method #1: Growing
5:37 Protecting Soil Method #2: Mulching
7:35 Protecting Soil Method #3: Tarping
9:23 Solutions For Earth Bed Gardens
10:23 Can You Mulch With Compost?
12:44 Adventures With Dale

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If you have any questions about how to protect garden soil from weather and sun damage, want to know about the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!

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Location: Southeastern NC, Brunswick County (Wilmington area)
34.1°N Latitude
Zone 8B

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