In this video, I discuss the importance of soil cover and why protecting garden soil is so important for the health of your garden. A tragic mistake many gardeners make is leaving garden soil exposed for long periods of time. This damages the soil microbiome, which has far reaching implications. Here are 4 easy soil covers that protect garden soil when not in use.

While it is important to protect garden soil year round, this problem is most common in winter. That is because many gardeners do not grow a garden in winter and leave garden soil unprotected, exposing it to the harmful elements. Now that fall is here, I wanted to make this video as a warning to all gardeners, and I show you how to protect garden soil in 4 easy ways.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Garden Soil Protection Intro
0:58 Why Is Soil Health So Important?
2:48 Unprotected Soil Is Killing Your Garden
6:13 Soil Protection Tip #1
7:26 Soil Protection Tip #2
10:56 Soil Protection Tip #3
12:11 Soil Protection Tip #4
12:57 Compost Is NOT A Soil Cover!
14:13 Is Snow A Soil Cover?
16:26 Adventures With Dale

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