If you start a new kitchen garden, you may dig over existing beds or make new ones of your own. You may opt to grow fruit and vegetables in raised beds and containers, or to strip open part of the lawn. All of these are good growing options, but the most important thing is the health and nutrient quality of the soil.
All soils aren’t created equal. If you are very lucky, yours may already be loamy and deep with a good balance of nutrients. Others may be very poor indeed, with little more than a thin layer of soil mixed between stones, clay, or the remnants of building materials. Most are somewhere in between these extremes.
Don’t despair if you start out with a poor soil and don’t be too
