- 1). Dig up the top four inches of soil with a shovel and place into a wheelbarrow or garden cart to transplant elsewhere on your property. You can use this soil to create a landscaping effect--such as a mounded area in a flowerbed--or deposit it on a bare patch of land.
- 2). Water the remaining soil. Incorporate a balanced fertilizer, with the nitrogen-phosphorous-potassium ratio at 10-10-10, mixing into the soil with a shovel. Spray a herbicide, following the manufacturer's label for amounts and application instructions. Wait two weeks to see if any weeds grow and repeat the herbicide spray if they do.
- 3). Add two inches of bagged topsoil, which you can find at a nursery or garden supply center. Mix into the existing soil, using a shovel. Amending the existing soil in this way will allow the plants' roots to grow more easily in the deeper layer of subsoil.
- 4). Add an additional four inches of topsoil. Mix in the balanced fertilizer and water completely to prepare the new soil for seeding for a vegetable garden.
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