Pacifica Gardens Day 6

Apr.9 2011 4hrs but we got 8hrs because of the intensive work

Since the weeds were cleared from last week, this week we learned how to double dig to prepare the soil bed for the Sunflowers that would be grown. They would be grown in the boundary circle that we made last week.
Before we began to double dig, we had to make indentations near the string at an angle to outline the soil bed. I learned that double digging would double the rate at which plants could grow and help the roots of the plants to grow deeper. We dug around 8-12 inches into the ground, carefully handling the topsoil. As we dug, we had to make sure that the soil clods were all broken to ensure that plants could grow.