The root of gardening success begins with using the right soil. Unfortunately, getting it right isn’t always as easy as you think.
A gardener left r/gardening for tips on how to improve the soil in your raised garden beds.
In a video showing her first personal garden, the OP runs her hand through hard, dry soil that has crust on top.
how can i improve this land? I added ash, peat moss, eggshells, and tossed it. this is my first personal garden
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“I added ashes, peat moss, eggshells, and threw it,” they explained in the caption.
The consensus in the comments was that tilling actually compacts the soil and prevents it from thriving when all the soil needs is time and organic mulch for humidity.
“Mulching will do wonders. You don’t need to buy store mulch. Just save leaves in the fall and use them, or use dry grass after mowing the lawn,” one person. advised.
Many Redditors recommend getting wood chips from local lumber yards, and one user even recommended looking for them Hugel culture – an ancient construction of the ecosystem technician. A Master Gardener also chimed in his two cents. There was still a lot the defenders of worms.
garden it’s really a labor of love, and you don’t always get it right the first time, but it’s worth understanding. The benefits are life changing.
Is it has been shown to improve mental health and relieve stress because it causes you, according to to a Master Gardener article published by Penn State Extension.
Turning your lawn into a garden or wild your garden saves money and time on lawn maintenance while conserving water and creating a healthier ecosystem for pollinators that protects our food supply – even if it’s only part of the lawn.
Replaced traditional lawns with natural meadows use native plantsbuffalo grass, or xeriscaping typically reduces or eliminates the require herbicides and pesticides which contain toxic chemicals, prevent them from entering our water sources and polluting the oceans.
tea place it drew all kinds of advice, most of which reminded the OP that good soil takes time.
“Happy gardening…be well!” a comment encouraged.
“Better to grind the shells,” another suggested.
“Have a wonderful growing season!” he wanted a third
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