We talked about using the broad fork for bed preparation in our “Grow More Vegetable” classes. Here are some pictures I took last spring. Mid to late March is the time to start planting peas, spinach, kale, carrots and cabbage outside. The row cover is handy in case we get a cold snap.
The large bed rake is great for both forming and preparing beds as well marking rows for transplants or seeds.
The lettuce transplant has a nice root system and is ready to be planted. I use a marking stick to give the in row spacing on the rows created by the marking rake. The holes are a great size for the transplants. To speed things along, I go ahead and remove all the plants from the cell packs and drop them in the holes and then go back and firm them into the soil and water them in with a transplant solution. I like Maxicrop, it’s a seaweed based soluble fertilizer.
Happy gardening!