How to prep a spring flower bed
Home & Garden • Landscaping
Janet and Charlie now go out onto the grounds of the Smithsonian and look at the garden beds behind the Enid Haupt Garden located behind the Smithsonian Castle. Here they will prepare a bed for some flowers. They turn the soil. If it is a small area she does it by hand, if a larger bed, like when they pull out all their Tulips, she uses the tiller. After the ground is turned, the structure and texture of the soil is addressed. One of the easiest ways to find if soil is ready to be turned is to take a handful of soil, squeeze it, if it turns into a muddy mess and water comes out then it is too wet. Let it dry for awhile.
