Thursday night I was at a lecture with potager aficionado Anette Nilsson of Boäng. Her king-size garden and vegetables blew me away. She attributed a lot of her success to horse manure, and reminded me of a technique I’ve come across before: “The Double Dig”.
Dig a ditch the depth of your shovel in your bed. Move the remaining soil to the far end of the bed. Fill with approx 10-15 cm of (properly aged) horse manure. Widen your ditch, but this time put the excess soil on top of the manure. Continue to the end of the bed.
Sadly today’s soil temperature is a humbling 0°C, but a girl can dream, can’t she?
Double Dig Notes
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