However, the end result is worth the work involved. This task is best done in the late summer and early fall. This time is preferred in our area because the soils are usually drier during this season. This allows us to add organic material such as compost to our soils more easily than in the wet months of spring. The memory of the current season is also fresh in our memory so that changes can be planned.
Planning is key to being efficient and successful in a bed renewal project.
It is important to not attempt renewing too large of an area at any one time. Depending on how deep your bed or border is, about ten feet of length is plenty to tackle at a time. You will be dividing crowded clumps of plants, rearranging plants that you may have planted in the wrong place or removing invasive plants that threaten their neighbors with their aggressive habits of growth. Look over the area that you intend to make over. Assess the plants and their condition.