Week 1: Experiment

Gardeners usually turn over the top layer of soil before planting to get rid of weeds, and make it easier to use fertilizers and plant crops. It also speeds up the decomposition of crop remains and weeds. So what we decided to experiment was the difference between the growth of turned over soil and unturned soil. What we did was plant the same seeds in both the turned over soil and unturned soil. What we planted was a row of Arugula, a row of Beets, a row of Nelson carrots and a row of Yaya carrots. I think that the turned over soil will grow better than the unturned soil. The biggest problem with weeds in the garden environment is that they compete with the plants that are trying to grow. Weeds compete with flowers, grasses, vegetable and fruit plants for water, sunlight and nutrients.