How To Build Your Garden Soil

So give your soil community a break and build healthy habitat for microbes by adding organic matter like manures cover crops.

How to build your garden soil. We are the largest online supplier of organic fertilizer in western co. Purchase a complete organic fertilizer mix from your garden center and use as recommended. To build your compost pile which should be an annual event accumulate organic material. Turn the compost into the top 2 to 3 inches of the garden with a digging fork or rake the compost over the top of the soil then cover it with 3 or 4 inches of dry leaves or straw.

Keep in mind many types of plants such as vegetables need plenty of sun. For perennial gardens don. Then dig another ditch right next to it and fill in the first ditch with the dirt from the second ditch. Scratch fertilizers into the top 2 inches of vegetable gardens.

For tips on choosing a good location. Living soil has the same four basic requirements we do. Watch our gardening basics video how should i design my vegetable garden. This is by no means an exhaustive list just a starting point to reflect on so you can start to cultivate healthy soil in your garden.

Every morning i take our coffee grounds tea bags eggshells and banana peels cut up right out to the garden beds. The more you can do to keep your soil healthy the more productive your garden will be and the higher the quality of your crops. The university of georgia recommends digging a trench 1 foot deep on one side of your garden. Food water shelter and air.

Pick a spot for your garden bed. We build soil health all year round by feeding and caring for it. Push the soil from that trench to the outer boundary.