COBURG, Ore. – Garden beds need a refresh before spring planting, especially after a wet winter left soil compacted and nutrient-poor.
Caleb Johnson from Johnson Brothers Garden Market demonstrated how to prepare old garden beds at the guest house at Coburg Gardens. The beds were filled with compacted clay that could rot vegetable roots.
“This would not be a great place to put new vegetables, just because it’s not light and fluffy and there’s not good drainage and there’s not a lot of nutrients in here,” Johnson said…