Double Digging

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Perfect soil might be a gardener’s dream. The reality, however, usually isn’t so easy. Most of us start with clay-choked or sand-filled soil. But we can create perfect soil. Doing so is our practice: that to which we regularly devote our time and energy and the most impactful way we can create strong, healthy plants.

But how?

We loosen it and add organic matter.

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As gardeners, we feel like we grow plants. But we don’t. At least, that’s not the whole picture—or even the most important part of it.

The wisest insight green-thumbed gardeners possess is knowing they don’t grow plants; they grow soil. Plants are merely a byproduct, a simple reflection of the quality of the underlying earth and the effort given to improve it.

With its roots in the older traditions of trenching and bastard trenching, double digging is the powerhouse of soil improvement, providing an amazing amount of soil loosening and tremendous amounts of mixed in organic matter in the form of cured compost.

Join us for this episode on double digging! And try it in your garden, especially for plants like tomatoes, peppers, and the bigger brassicas like broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage!

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