To Till or Not To Till?

AlittleSalt · March 28, 2015

I'm working on a raised bed. It is 18' x 60'. We built a frame out of real 1 x 4"s. The soil under the fame is red clay that had Johnson Grass and other annoying thick weeds growing in it. (It was very hard to mow) Part of the reason for this raised bed is to get rid of the Johnson Grass.

Back in February, I burned off this area. Then, as time and weather allowed, my son moved loam soil into the frame. So, right now, there is four inches of loam mixed with oak leaves sitting on top of the clay soil. This brings up my question:

If this bed was yours, would you till the soil deep enough to incorporate some of the clay soil? or leave it like it is?

March 28, 2015	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	To Till or Not To Till? I'm working on a raised bed. It is 18' x 60'. We built a frame out of real 1 x 4"s. The soil under the fame is red clay that had Johnson Grass and other annoying thick weeds growing in it. (It was very hard to mow) Part of the reason for this raised bed is to get rid of the Johnson Grass. Back in February, I burned off this area. Then, as time and weather allowed, my son moved loam soil into the frame. So, right now, there is four inches of loam mixed with oak leaves sitting on top of the clay soil. This brings up my question: If this bed was yours, would you till the soil deep enough to incorporate some of the clay soil? or leave it like it is?