Organic Garden TipsStarting An Organic Garden BedSoil preparation is an important part of gardening. Here, in words and pictures are our organic garden tips on preparing garden beds for planting. We are preparing a bed in the big greenhouse that is 2 feet by 30 feet. 
First we use a
broadfork
throughout the whole bed. The broadfork allows you to deeply aerate without damaging the soil structure or mixing the layers.
The design makes tilling your vegetable garden almost effortless because you use your body weight to insert and maneuver the tool instead of using your back and arms. Occasionally we will use a tiller but only if the soil is very lumpy.
We then rake the bed and spread
Sea 90
fertilizer.This is a sea mineral that is a unique crop and soil remineralization enhancement....a full spectrum sea mineral product that delivers all elements present in the sea. It is natural from the sea and replenishes the major minerals, micro nutrients,and trace elements that are needed for plants to grow, produce best nutrients and tastes. It is put on in 1 1/4 lbs. per 100 feet the first year and half of that the second year of planting. It too is raked in.
Next we go out to the compost pile and sift the compost through a screen into a wheelbarrow so that it is is smooth and fine.
We dump five gallon buckets of the compost on the bed at appropriate intervals.A board,slightly wider than the bed,is pulled down the length of it to spread the compost toan even 1 inch covering.
The garden bed is now ready for planting. We use an Earthway Seeder to plant the seeds. It is a single row seeder and is made for the small garden. As a result our seeding is now very uniform and tends to make the bed grow easily. We use this method in our greenhouse and hoophouse and also outside in the garden. It works very well.
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