Cover your garden beds with this for the winter: by spring the soil will become loose and “fluffy”

12.12.2023 02:30

Every gardener expects that by the beginning of the new summer cottage season the soil in the country house will be sufficiently loose and fertile.

However, the condition of the soil often leaves much to be desired.

The soil turns out to be quite hard. The appearance of weeds is also a frequent problem. Long and difficult digging is required.

However, if at the end of autumn or, if conditions allow, at the very beginning of the calendar winter, the soil is covered with one mass, then the desired result will be achieved.

An interesting method for improving the condition of the soil cover was shared by the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .

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There is no need to use artificial covering materials. It is advisable to focus on "organic".

Good options are compost (which contains the tops of legumes), as well as mown and dried grass. The layer should be quite thick.

If such a "blanket" is on the beds all winter, then by the beginning of the new gardening season the soil will be loose and "fluffy". There will be no problems with attracting earthworms.

Thus, the soil consistency will be ideal. The soil cover will be fertile.

A popular mistake when growing seedlings was named earlier.

Kurchev Anton Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert: Anastasia KovrizhnykhExpert / Belnovosti