Double Digging

Mar 9, 2021

Our local video crew has created an excellent video on the process of double digging a garden bed.

Double digging is essentially a process that breaks up a garden's subsoil. Our local soils that formed in a meadow often benefit from double digging. The more sandy soils on the alluvial fans don't need to be double dug. (But you do need to dig out the rocks!)

Hopefully you enjoy this video. Contact our helpline if you have gardening questions: immg@ucanr.edu.


By Dustin Blakey
Author - County Director / Farm Advisor