Organic no dig edible garden bed

mich1972

Stage One of our NO DIG Edible Garden Bed.

I removed a couple of inches more of our dreadful hydrophobic sand from this bed. Cultivated the sand and removed the remaining weed clumps and old dead roots from previous plants.

Our first priority is to add a Wetting Agent to this sandy soil to help with retaining water and also nutrients.

I have applied a product called Charlie Charcoal, it’s a crushed fine Charcoal ( Biochar )

The Charcoal is porous with tiny holes that helps water holding in the sand. Also as I add nutrients to the soil, the Charcoal will help hold nutrients close to the plants root system and will also encourage healthy Microbial soil activity.

I added a light layer to the sand and watered in , instantly you can see the water absorbing into the sand and not running off.

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mich1972

Second stage for our NO DIG Edible Garden.

Nutrients have been added to the bed.

I swear by Rock Minerals and use them all the time. It is packed with trace elements and minerals and is slow release. This will provide plenty of nutrients to the plants. It will also increase healthy soil microbe activity.

I gave the bed a light sprinkling and watered in.