If you have a three point hitch frame to rig it up on . You can take two middle buster plows , mount them side by side on that hitch frame. And make perfect hills , that have an irrigation rut on each side . That will help the ground hold water but not drowned the plants .
Appearance can be deceiving, but it looks like the ground is too were to be working. If I worked my ground that wet, I would end up with a mess for the rest of the year.
@smalltown442 you might need more organic compost in your soil. if too much clay is in your topsoil, you wont have much success with a lot of garden variety edible plants. HOME GARDENING TIP- Dig trenches in your seeding row but do not mix topsoil with the layer of undersoil!! This is VERY important! The topsoil layer should be roughly the depth of a shovel blade. Dig the trench 2 -3 shovels deep. Now place good compost in the trench. (You know its good compost when worms crawl round in it!) 😉 Food scraps are excellent for this! Mix it in with the undersoil as you fill the trench in. Now cover with the topsoil. If the topsoil is low quality, add compost to it as well. This method is great for tuber plants like potato too! 😁 P.s. Worms are very beneficial for your garden, and benefit the soil. A garden without them isn't a healthy garden! 😉
man not knocking you for it but you can accomplish the same thing just going the opposite route and that is digging trenches and the high parts are your rows :) water will run off via trenches. Just a FYI
I believe my rows will be about 7 feet apart, a little more than the width of my tractor. Is that not far enough apart? What about peppers, Zuccini, watermelon, and eggplant, are they ok near potatoes?
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If you have a three point hitch frame to rig it up on . You can take two middle buster plows , mount them side by side on that hitch frame. And make perfect hills , that have an irrigation rut on each side . That will help the ground hold water but not drowned the plants .
This is awesome im doing a field of pumpkins tgis year and i will try this before i go buy a row builder
How many feet long and how wide is the garden? I'm thinking of planting my first garden this year
Appearance can be deceiving, but it looks like the ground is too were to be working. If I worked my ground that wet, I would end up with a mess for the rest of the year.
@smalltown442 you might need more organic compost in your soil. if too much clay is in your topsoil, you wont have much success with a lot of garden variety edible plants.
HOME GARDENING TIP- Dig trenches in your seeding row but do not mix topsoil with the layer of undersoil!! This is VERY important!
The topsoil layer should be roughly the depth of a shovel blade. Dig the trench 2 -3 shovels deep.
Now place good compost in the trench. (You know its good compost when worms crawl round in it!) 😉
Food scraps are excellent for this! Mix it in with the undersoil as you fill the trench in. Now cover with the topsoil. If the topsoil is low quality, add compost to it as well. This method is great for tuber plants like potato too! 😁
P.s. Worms are very beneficial for your garden, and benefit the soil. A garden without them isn't a healthy garden! 😉
Yes . I hill my rows for many crops.
Looks like your garden is in need of some added sand and lime. Have you had your soil tested?
Thx again
Just make canals down the side of each row, the water will stay in the canal, and keep standing water away from your plants.
man not knocking you for it but you can accomplish the same thing just going the opposite route and that is digging trenches and the high parts are your rows :) water will run off via trenches. Just a FYI
Tommy Vaughn, yea that should work, but I had to work with what I have. And the blade is the closest thing I have for digging.
Thx
My dad used to do it with a blade
Over time add sand and compost till you get a good ratio w the native clay soil
I don't believe potatoes are a good companion plant to tomatoes. You might want to separate them further apart.
I believe my rows will be about 7 feet apart, a little more than the width of my tractor. Is that not far enough apart? What about peppers, Zuccini, watermelon, and eggplant, are they ok near potatoes?
Check this out... www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/companion-planting-guide-zmaz81mjzraw
Robert Becker, thanks that is very helpful. looks like zucchini and eggplants are good near potatoes.
Hilled up dirt is superior to gardening on level dirt.