How to Double Dig a Bed: Hard Work, Great Results!
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- Опубликовано: 12 янв 2020
- Hey now - I'm back! And I'm digging beds on my new land. Here's how to double-dig a garden bed.
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Double-digging is one of my favorite ways to build a new garden bed. It's a fast way to start a garden, though it takes hard work. Your plants really are happy when their roots can reach deep into nice, loose soil.
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That was awesome. Have dug some of those myself, so felt the feet ache and arms hurting, and was sooo pleased with the results. Good for you. Good Job!
You've done most the work for hugelkultur, might as well throw some organic matter to breakdown in your trench and then throw the soil on top
Clay loam soil, lovely. Volcanic also! Almost worth leaving the midwest...
Man this guy just loves to dig...glad he came out of the closet finally
Holy Molasses!!! That soil looks as hard as East Texas soil. Makes me wish for Florida sandy ground for you.
Thank you, I finally understand what double digging is. I wish I had space to try it out.
Sorry but it was not double digging he mearly dig one layer and loosened the bottom layer with a fork
I'm about to get started with my first garden bed at my new place. I wish I had a broad fork but this will do!
I double digged my garden 15 years ago and it’s a gift that keeps giving . Just a helpful suggestion use a maddock to dig the virgin soil , much easier .
Double dug, enemies all snug.
While all gardening is fruitful/beneficial.
Great seeing you finally working on your own land again.
PS: I'm going over a ton in harvest 2,179. Cheers Sir David
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏for sharing this wonderful video on double digging the garden beds.👊👊👊👊👊👊👊
David, some folks are double diggin' that face forest .. .. .. sharp !!
GREAT JOB!!!
Good video. Loved the jams.
Yay for a new video!
Thought I'd try this here in the high Mohave desert, elevation 2,500ft. Except every second row I thought about adding a few inchs of leaves, mulch, kitchen scraps, coco coar, cow poop, gypsum, etc... and then put the dirt back on top, to help it retain water and boost the soils nutrients.
Sound good to you David???
yes
That should make for very happy plants.
@Chezport Bear Yeah, I hear ya. The desert winds here, that come up from the southwest, across the Mohave, are always strong and single digit, or near single digit humidity to boot. It can get up to 115 to 120 during the summer but it usually cools off to the 80's at night. In Laughlin, where I used to live, the elevation is only 500ft, temps have gone as high as 125 to 136 for weeks at a time and when it does, it rarely goes below 110 at night. Without a bunch of amendments for the soil, heavy shade cloth and a very high water bill, the chance of growing anything down there is next to zero.
This new place, Cal-Nev-Ari,Nv, has good potential. The biggest issue is the lack of resources, being on a fixed income, in the sticks.
Great idea!
John jeavons used depressed/ sunken beds in deserts. They protected from drying winds. Double dug too
The end of the video is hilarious!!
I’ll go do that as soon as it thaws, we are sitting at -26C for the next 5 days or so.
This becomes far less exhausting if done with a sufficiently long spade 😅
It is interesting to see the different approaches to gardening. I follow the “no dig “ method as practiced by Charles Dowding and Richard Spencer of Ridgedale Farm and on my heavy clay soil here in England it works just fine.
Thanks men for video
I've done this. The conclusion is that this is way more work than it's ever worth
Yeah, it should only be done for clay soil with a serious compaction issue. Anything else - cover crops.
Double diggin' those yam jams😎
Ah, hard work - I could watch watch it all day.
Aw man, I had clay loam in NY…..funnily enough i thought we had bad soil back then 😂😂😂 now we live in East Tennessee 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈 and we have a mix of red clay and God knows what else
They did drop a ton of top soil on the back part of our property when they put up our house, so we have a little layer of good soil (and left a mound top soil in the middle of our 2 acres)
In short, u don’t know what you got until you got something else, and that something else is red clay…..
You are spoiling us with good music!!
Thank you, Paul.
i feel like the medow fork will do a 70% as good of a job in about 20% the time and effort but this is better result over all
This makes me want to invade abandoned ground and plant things
do it!!
I am reading your Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening book right now. I got to page #10, and it was difficult to visualize for me. Now that I have watched this video, your book and pages 10 & 11 make perfect sense. I am a weeee bit ADHD. LOLOLOL
Thank you
Best song ever
David, the no till crowd make a compelling case not to disturb the layers of the soil since that destroys microorganisms. How do you feel about that?
Considering how microorganisms breed so fast they can turn a tuna and mayo sandwich into an intestinal WMD in an afternoon, I figure they'll come back just fine.
On top of this, adding organic matter into the trench helps add nutrients back and improve the soil structure over the long term too.
love David on florida . where are you on this video. what about the sand?
He moved to some tropical country.
Have you tried the Charles Dowding "no dig" method?
In some perennial areas, yes.
Hurry up, spring
TFS
You Diascored 😎
So, you mentioned you don't eat yams these days... what's the plan for them thar tubers?
Can I grow tomatoes in the compacted sand here in southwest Florida? If I use this method of course.
Yes. Cherry tomatoes do much better than large types, though.
Would anyone recommend double digging sandy soil as well? Or is double digging for heavy clay soil only? Cheers
Double digging is good for loosening up compacted soil, but also for adding organic matter which adds fertility and makes future compaction take longer to happen.
The nutrient content and water holding ability of sandy soils can be improved with addition of organic matter (compost or rotted manure), so I'd recommend giving it a go. You can then use the no-dig method afterwards.
Anyone here AFTER Dave’s digging song?
Will this work in N Florida? Lol
Double diggin' while you can, cuz' 'ventually you'll be an old man.
So what about torpedo grass ? I have about 7 pissed off vertebrae not liking bending over to finish pulling them up to their death. Seams as soon as my FL sand is aired up it loves it.
You could cover the bed with something (cardboard, tarp, etc.) to block the sun and kill the weeds before you plant.
@@baddriversofcolga I tried that had to use a rubber mat still having problems Its amazing how far they run under ground.
@@maryrybicki9034 Dang! Well, hope you find something that works!
Broken spade there. Fix it, or buy a new one?
Really one unlike?!? Who hates to dig!!
Charles Dowding, for one.
Why not just till it?
A tiller only goes 1/3 the depth
I hate it when people talk about "it's so much hard work!"
Necessity is the mother of invention but laziness is its father!
Laziness breeds necessity which gives birth to invention.
Lazy people die earlier than active people and are less healthy while they are alive.
dude!
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you need better shovel......long handle,pointed spade,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,your back will thank you
Working on it.
Is double digging really just digging it once or did I miss a crucial part of the video when I left the room? lol
Oh dear. Guess I have to watch the video twice. How terribly unfortunate.
Dont feel bad, I still don’t get the double part either 🤣
The double dig just means you dig two shovel depths deep to loosen about 2ft of soil.
Craig Overend Thanks a bunch!
7:02 I love the sweat of thy brow part, but eating bread? Gross!
I’m going like 2ft deep!? I guess that’s to deep
It won't hurt
Broad fork would have made it easier. Double digging is definitely worth it. Please add lots of mulch, straw, cardboard, anything. EVERYTHING. you will be REWARDED !!!
Your opening killed it. Bye.
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Your music ran me off.
Digging is hard work? Sounds like someone could use the help of a tireless human machine.
I wonder who that could be?
You must dig deeper. Your example lacks.
You first.
Hahaha... that's NOT double dig🤣😂😅😝
Rubbish that's not double digging at all that's single dig which is normal for a gardener to do each year, I'll explain what double digging is for you all, well you dig down one spade and remove it to the rear os the bed leaving a trench one spade deep you then dig down another spade deep in the Same trench and place that behind the trench then move back one spade, dug the first spade layer again placing it into the bottom of the first trench then dig down another spade depth and place that on top of the first previous layer then repeat working your way backward then at the end of the bed the last trench receives all the soil from the first trench you made, the theory is to bring up soil from a two spade depth and place it at the top layer we're all the nutrients over the years can be got at and also improve better drainage, thanks and if you need a demonstration I will be happy to show the proper way in a video of my own making.
Go for it.
It is interesting to see the different approaches to gardening. I follow the “no dig “ method as practiced by Charles Dowding and Richard Spencer of Ridgedale Farm and on my heavy clay soil here in England it works just fine.