Double dig demo. Have a look at what it is like to "double-dig" a 5X20 biointensive gardening bed. For more info, read "how to grow more vegetables" by John Jeavons or go to www.growbiointensive .org
Beginning the double-dig. Behind me, you can see the five by twenty foot growing area. Here, I'm digging the first trench and using a digging fork to loosen the soil in the trench. See John Jeavons' book "how to grow more veg." or go to www.growbiointensive .org
Meet the challenge of feeding people on a planet running out of soil. Grow Soil... grow biointensive. Here, we see an example of close plant spacing, one of the eight key factors to biointensive growing. www.growbiointensive .org
The third component of this exposee on bio-intensive growing, here's an example of how to help "grow soil" by composting. The general formula is (1) a layer of kitchen scraps or "green", live yard waste like weeds or grasses, (2) A thin layer of soil and (3) a layer of "brown" or mature vegetation, like straw, dead leaves, etc.
The second component of biointensive gardening is deep bed preparation. (see John Jeavons' book "how to grow more vegetables", or www.growbiointensive .org)
This video is the first of four videos which show the double-digging method. Here, you see us spreading compost about an inch thick over the five by twenty foot bed.
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