Soil

OK, so soil is rock combined with organics, bottom line. They are divided into categories: Sandy, Silty & Clay. Each category represents soils with a preponderance of one of these classes or the other. The type soil there is determines how much and what kind of what amendment we most need to add. Clay soils, for example, will need something to moderate its quality of clinching/contracting when drying and thereby restricting root growth. Sandy soils, on the other hand, percolate water through them almost immediately. Therefore what is needed for these soils is something that will retain water ... More Soil Overview >>

Soil Articles

• What Kind of Soil Do I Have?
  The first thing to do with a garden to analyse the soil that is in place and see what it will take to get ideal.
• What Is the Soil PH Level?
  Among the analyses you will get information on will be a factor called “pH”. Now, a lot is made of soil pH. In laymen’s terms, pH is a measure of the soil acidity or alkalinity.
• Compost - the Natural Fertiliser
  One of the more promising and, of course, most sensible trends in recent years has been a more intense interest in Composting.
• Other Organic Fertiliser
  Peat Moss, Manure, Local Mulches