Hello everyone, I need a quick tip from you!
Our earthworks are starting, the rough staking has been done, and the company that will carry out the work is coming early tomorrow. I asked the person in charge at the company for a quick favor: in the area where they actually don’t have to work (the future garden area), to roughly turn over the top 10 cm (4 inches) of soil because there is a lot of wild growth there… (see photo).
Is it better to have this area plowed once, or should the soil together with the vegetation be removed and stored somewhere on the property?
Please give me quick advice, since we still have the chance to tell the workers what to do tomorrow. 🙂
NOTE: Since our building site was pre-filled with sand (included in the price along with the road costs), we will hardly have any topsoil left on the property after the earthworks…
Our earthworks are starting, the rough staking has been done, and the company that will carry out the work is coming early tomorrow. I asked the person in charge at the company for a quick favor: in the area where they actually don’t have to work (the future garden area), to roughly turn over the top 10 cm (4 inches) of soil because there is a lot of wild growth there… (see photo).
Is it better to have this area plowed once, or should the soil together with the vegetation be removed and stored somewhere on the property?
Please give me quick advice, since we still have the chance to tell the workers what to do tomorrow. 🙂
NOTE: Since our building site was pre-filled with sand (included in the price along with the road costs), we will hardly have any topsoil left on the property after the earthworks…
The soil is filled with plants and seeds and will soon be fully covered with the same plants again.
You can have the soil plowed, but then you must promptly control any regrowth by weeding, pulling out roots, mowing shortly, etc. It might help to temporarily sow plants that grow faster and more aggressively, such as cover crops, to suppress the unwanted vegetation.
You can have the soil plowed, but then you must promptly control any regrowth by weeding, pulling out roots, mowing shortly, etc. It might help to temporarily sow plants that grow faster and more aggressively, such as cover crops, to suppress the unwanted vegetation.
Hello klblb, thanks for the feedback,
To be honest, we plan to start the garden next year. The main purpose right now is to have the bulk of the rough work done by the skid steer loader to get things a bit tidier. Next year, several cubic meters of topsoil will be added anyway. The question then is whether plants will grow through the new “soil,” so I guess instead of tilling, the top 10-15 cm (4-6 inches) would be removed and stored somewhere on the property, right?
To be honest, we plan to start the garden next year. The main purpose right now is to have the bulk of the rough work done by the skid steer loader to get things a bit tidier. Next year, several cubic meters of topsoil will be added anyway. The question then is whether plants will grow through the new “soil,” so I guess instead of tilling, the top 10-15 cm (4-6 inches) would be removed and stored somewhere on the property, right?
Hard to say, I’m not a gardener.
I would remove the soil and pile it up in a heap. Although something will grow on it, geometrically speaking, the area covered with vegetation will be smaller than if the soil is spread flat across the property 😉 Before placing the topsoil, remove the upper, root-infested layer from the soil heap and spread the rest over the property. Then add the topsoil on top.
You need to protect the area from which you remove the topsoil against unwanted vegetation. Here, I recommend using a non-winter-hardy green manure cover crop. It grows rapidly and should suppress many other plants. Incorporate it into the soil in autumn.
I would remove the soil and pile it up in a heap. Although something will grow on it, geometrically speaking, the area covered with vegetation will be smaller than if the soil is spread flat across the property 😉 Before placing the topsoil, remove the upper, root-infested layer from the soil heap and spread the rest over the property. Then add the topsoil on top.
You need to protect the area from which you remove the topsoil against unwanted vegetation. Here, I recommend using a non-winter-hardy green manure cover crop. It grows rapidly and should suppress many other plants. Incorporate it into the soil in autumn.
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