How Do You Prepare Soil For Planting?
It’s easy to take soil for granted. Many of us find a flower we want to plant, dig a hole, plop the flower in the hole, and assume it will grow. While this might work if you have excellent soil, most of us need to alter our dirt to create the most optimum growing environment. So how do you amend soil? The first, most important step is to do a soil test to find out just what your soil is lacking — and not lacking. Fortunately, this article will walk you through a soil test and all the steps that follow to get your soil where it needs to be. In this article, you’ll find the following helpful sections: • About Soil Learn all the basics about that black, earthy stuff we call soil. You’ll learn how to go about getting a soil test and what to do with the results. Whether your soil is nutrient-poor sand, heavy clay, or something in between, this se
