How to Double Dig a Garden

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Call first.

   Your county may have a digging hotline that will tell you where it is okay to dig, and whether or not you require authorizations.
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   Step 2: Remove sod (if any

   , 12" deep or 30cm) trench across the bed's width, placing the excavated dirt in a wheelbarrow. , Continue until the soil at the bottom of the trench is loosened. , Place the excavated soil into the first trench you dug.
   
   Loosen the soil at the bottom of this second trench with the garden fork as well. , Backfill the second one, loosen the bottom of the third trench, and continue this process until you have tilled the whole bed. , (The soil in the wheelbarrow)
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   Step 3: or cut out and flip over into the bottom of the trenches you create.

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   Step 4: Begin at one end of the bed and dig a spade-head depth (approx.

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   Step 5: Work a garden fork into the floor of the trench

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   Step 6: and loosen the soil by tilling this layer too.

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   Step 7: Dig a second

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   Step 8: similar-size trench directly next to the first.

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   Step 9: Dig a third trench next to the second trench.

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    Step 10: Fill the LAST trench with the soil excavated from the first.

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