I was busy in the garden over the weekend. I cleaned out all of my overwintered plants, pruned up the herbs that needed it and worked on amending the soil. Our in ground garden is high in clay and I have had poor luck growing root veggies so I decided to try adding sand to break it up. I wasn't really sure how much to add so I added about 75 pounds. In the raised beds I added 25 pounds, the soil in those beds was bought and doesn't need much work.
I also had a delivery of composted horse manure/bedding mixed with a bit of topsoil. The mix is 75/25%. I used the mix to top off all of my raised beds. I made the mistake of not covering them over the winter and they lost at least one third of their contents. I also spread a few inches on the in ground garden.
Before Spring Cleaning
After Spring Cleaning
The sand and compost should greatly improve your soil! It all looks so nice and neat now.
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