Allen's Blog - P. Allen Smith Garden Home » soil http://www.pallensmith.com/blog P. Allen Smith is an award-winning garden expert, author, and television host. Mon, 13 May 2013 11:00:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Soil Prep for Edibles http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/garden/soil-prep-for-edibles http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/garden/soil-prep-for-edibles#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:45:00 +0000 P. Allen Smith http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/?p=1122 The first week of March definitely came in like a lamb this year with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. It was beautiful weather for working in the staff garden at the City Garden Home.

The soil needed some TLC after working hard all fall and winter. Vegetables are needy when it comes to soil. They require fertile, well draining ground for optimal growth. I like to refresh the soil after each growing season to replenish nutrients. Gardening is raised beds makes it easy. I take the existing soil and mix in well rotted manure and compost or humus. A good ratio is 2 parts soil to 1 part manure and 1 part compost.

As a final step Jobe’s Organics All Purpose fertilizer was added. This stuff is powerfully good at breaking down nutrients in the soil for plants to absorb.

This year is going to be the best yet for the staff garden.

 

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