- Soil Turning -

Whats soil turning?
Turning the soil after you have completed harvesting one seasons crop and are preparing the bed/container for the planting of a new crop

What to do?
Digging up the soil underneath and mixing it around with the top soil
Add amendments as needed depending on your needs and soil conditions

- 3/16/22 -

Bok Choi Bed

  • Pretty good production out of this bed considering I barely had sun
  • Previous roots were left in
  • Transplanted the plants for seeds into pots
  • Raked up the straw mulch by hand
  • Dug shit up with a pointy shovel
  • Dug up sides with tiny shovel
  • Mixed further by hand
  • Added amendments(vermiculite and azomite)
  • Mixed that shit up with transfer shovel
  • Lookin fresh as fuck, ready to plant, will top with worm castings when I do
  • Following with cucumber

Chinese Cabbage Bed

  • Pretty good production out of this bed considering I barely had sun
  • Previous roots were left in
  • Moved a couple stunted cauliflowers out the way
  • Raked up the straw mulch by hand
  • Dug shit up with a pointy shovel
  • Mixed up further by hand
  • Amendments: azomite, vermiculite and worm castings
  • Going with extra worm castings on this one as I want the soil to be extra rich for corn planting
  • Beds ready to fuck

- 2/24/22 -

Green Onion Planter

  • No production out of this
  • I think the soil was too compacted and also didn’t have enough drainage as I only drilled holes on the sides
  • Lack of sunlight as well
  • Raked it up
  • Added amendments(vermiculite, perlite and azomite)
  • Mixed it all up with a hand rake
  • Planter is ready to plant, following with ?, but will top with worm castings when I plant

Kohlrabi Planter

  • Dug up the roots and shook off as much soil as possible
  • Tossed them in the compost
  • Started with a mini shovel moving soil from the sides to the center
  • Used a hand rake to dig deeper and further turn and mix the soil
  • Added amendments(vermiculite, perlite and azomite)
  • Mixed it up, planter is ready to plant, following with green onion, but will top with worm castings when I plant

- 2/21/22 -

Daikon Container

  • Cleaned up dead leaves and through in compost
  • Shoveled soil from sides to center
  • Mixed up
  • Added amendments(vermiculite, perlite and azomite)
  • Mix it up
  • Ready to plant gonna follow with carrots and top with worm castings when I plant

#staycollected