The Right Way to Prep Your Garden for Spring (Based on How It Looks Now)

Prepping your garden for spring planting isn’t about following one method—it’s about responding to the current state of your garden.

In this video, I walk through four common garden situations and explain the best ways to prep each one for spring. Whether you’re starting from grass, dealing with winter weeds, managing a cover crop, or pulling back a tarp from a bed that’s been resting all winter, the right approach changes based on what your garden looks like right now.

I’ll show how we use tarping in our garden, but I’ll also discuss other proven options—including tilling, cardboard and compost, mowing, shallow cultivation, cover crops, and even integrating chickens—so you can choose the method that fits your space, tools, and timeline.

In this video, we cover:

• How to go from grass to garden
• Why tilling isn’t always the best choice for weedy beds
• Multiple ways to terminate a cool-season cover crop
• Why tarped beds are often the easiest to plant in spring
• How to decide which prep method makes sense for your garden

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution—but there is a right next step for your garden.

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