Before sowing, you need to prepare the soil. Remove weeds and loosen the soil. The safest way to get rid of weeds is to pull them out by the roots. Vegetable gardens hastily made during summer often have a messy appearance, are full of weeds, and vegetables struggle just to vegetate sadly in the wet and hard soil.
Weeds that multiply through their roots, such as nettles, various herbs, bindweed, must be removed with the root using a digging fork.
Insert the fork deep into the soil from several sides under the plant and try to detach the roots completely. Then, with rotating movements, carefully pull out the entire plant with as many roots as possible. Turn the loosened soil over once more, check it, and remove any remaining root debris.
This operation is very important in the case of weeds like bindweed, which can regenerate from even a tiny piece of root. If they do sprout again, you need to repeatedly pluck them, thus weakening their roots. This method can be applied to any other type of weed: first loosen the soil, then remove the plant with the utmost care.
For our small garden, it is ideal to start preparing the soil in autumn and leave it covered with mulch over winter. In spring, when you rake away the mulch, you will find that the soil underneath is loosened. It's not too late to start preparing the beds now.
