For several weeks prior to cultivation of crops it is necessary to prepare the earth of your kitchen garden. You treat the soil carefully and with love. Create to your plants the best conditions for growth.
It is required to you
- - pitchfork
- - shovel
- - rake
- - compost or the rerotting manure
- - metal purchased arches or arches from willow branches
- - polyethylene film
Instruction
1. Begin with softening of the soil, saturation with its oxygen. It is the for this purpose best of all to use pitchfork, piercing and loosening the earth, not overturning its layers. Break large lumps. Delete roots of weeds. If the soil too heavy, then at this moment it is possible to add to it sand.
2. Level earth surface rake. It is better to put some root crops on hillocks, especially if you have heavy soil. Time to create them has in that case come. Outline shovel the earth from edges, creating the height from the easy earth.
3. Then it is necessary to apply layer of compost or the rerotting manure 5-10 cm thick on the surface of the loosened soil. Do not dig in it, do not perform excess work. When you dig holes or grooves for your plants and seeds, the necessary amount of compost or manure will get to roots.
4. Establish arches over processed by surface of the soil. Pull polyethylene film having attached it to arches clothespins. The soil will quicker get warm, and seeds of weeds will get to it less. You watch soil temperature, having thrust in it the special thermometer. At emergence of weeds, immediately delete them.
5. Let's the earth stand not less than a week before crops. Let its inhabitants will help you to create certain environment for roots of your plants. When temperature corresponds to safe landing, it is possible to open garden season.