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Help ensure your garden's success by heeding these do's and don'ts.
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Work the Soil When it's Dry
Work the soil only when it's moderately dry. Tilling, walking on, or cultivating the soil when it's wet leads to creating something akin to adobe: the whole structure of the soil is destroyed.