How To Prepare A Raised Bed For Planting (with Expert Brian Burke)

Did you know that after a long winter you should always cultivate the soil in your beds before planting? Our gardening expert, Brian Burke shows us how!

0:00 Intro
0:13 What needs to be done in your planting bed to prepare for the growing season
0:22 What you're going to need to cultivate a garden bed
0:29 How to pull off loose vegetation
0:38 How to remove large weeds from garden bed
0:46 Fork out soil and break up clumps of earth
1:00 Remove scutch grass and large stones
1:12 Add organic manure / farmyard manure
1:24 Add granular fertiliser and mix into the manure
1:34 Rake to a fine tilth
1:46 Start planting or else add a layer of organic mulch to suppress weeds

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