Gardening Tips | ButterflySwirl » fall tilling http://butterflyswirl.com Veggies to flowers to everything in between Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:52:33 +0000 en hourly 1 Tilling Your Garden In The Fall http://butterflyswirl.com/tilling-your-garden-in-the-fall/ http://butterflyswirl.com/tilling-your-garden-in-the-fall/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:40:41 +0000 Lindsay Hamilton http://butterflyswirl.com/?p=133 fall is tilling.]]> One of the things you should do in the fall is tilling. Tilling is the means by which to prepare the soil by ploughing, ripping and turning it. You can till twice a year if you want, once before the frost and again after the spring thaw. When you till your garden, make sure to add organic materiel like shredded leaves or peat moss.

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Fall Tilling

Tilling is good in the fall because the soil has moisture and it helps tilling by decomposing the organic materials. Fall tilling also helps be reducing weeds and preventing garden pests from building nests.
Tilling makes for good soil in the spring which will help the plant’s growth and release nutrients.

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