The Significance of Soil
Let’s face it. When visualizing the installation of a new vegetable or flower bed, our mind’s eye usually focuses on the essence of gardening: tasty veggies or fancy flowers. Everything in between is a lot of work — and sweat too!
The lovely outcome of that labor, however, hinges on a not-so-glamorous element: soil. That’s right; the bounty relies on the substrate — dare I say “dirt” — that supports and nourishes green plants. Depending on the specific location and geography, there are many types of soil. In the eastern United States, for instance, soils tend to be loamy, nutrient-rich, neutral or slightly acidic, and moderately moist. By contrast, soils in the West tend toward sandy, rocky, dry, nutrient-poor, and alkaline. In the Midwest, moderately moist, dark, loamy, and fertile soils dominate. In
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