Sunday, December 8, 2013

How do I clear a grassy area for a garden? and Garden Shelf

How do I clear a grassy area for a garden?



We just bought a place in the country, but it doesn't look like there has been a garden here in recent years. I don't know how to create a nice, clean area for a garden. I would appreciate any suggestions.


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Answer by Dirty Little Mind
Once you have killed, removed or smothered the existing vegetation (see Clearing A Flower Bed), you can begin to work the soil or loosen the soil and prepare the flower bed area for planting flowers. This can be done with a tiller or by hand using a spade and garden fork. If the soil is very compacted or has never been worked, you may want to rent a large, powerful tiller to do the initial passes. Thereafter, a lightweight tiller or a spade should be sufficient. After the first year, you should not need to till the soil again.


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Our old garden shelf was rusted to the point of collapse, so we bought this new one last summer. Being a wire structure, it won't collect pools of dust and water in the same way. I've planted an Akebia quinata (chocolate vine) to climb up the side of it.



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