Gardening 101 starts with prepping the soil

Each year brings a whole new crop of gardeners. Tillage and growing food is a natural and joyful life, no one should miss. Beginners do not make mistakes predictable, but if this column is for you. Let's anticipate your most common questions and avoid common mistakes.

If you prepare a garden where the grass was growing, there are two ways organic (my preference) to get rid of grass. You can cut about 4 inches below the soil with a spade high (or rent equipment, cutting grass) and remove.(Stack grass somewhere and to cover her compost in a wonderful year.

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1. You can shape it into baskets for individual plants such as tomatoes, peppers and squash, or use it to line your furrows and trenches for crops of potatoes and carrots. I have a neighbor who evacuated 18 inches of soil from his entire large backyard