The Kitchen Garden — soil

Soil management is probably the most important aspect of an organic or natural gardening approach, but figuring out how to get it right for your pot/container/grow-bag garden is probably even more important. In most cities, getting garden soil means going to the nursery – but we aren’t really sure what goes in to some of the garden mixes available commercially. Also, soils in containers degrade over time as erosion due to excess water, direct sunlight and nutrition uptake of the plants take their toll. But one thing is certain – when you get the soil mix right, the results are...