Tag: soil

  • How to amend clay soil, clay soil, Backyard Eden, www.backyard-eden.com, www.backyard-eden.com/how-to-amend-clay-soil

    How to Amend Clay Soil

    How to Amend Clay Soil Gardening can be difficult when your garden is mostly clay soil. Clay soil is challenging because it is dense and holds a lot of moisture. It looks like nothing would grow in it. Most people blame the builders for removing the quality soil during the home construction. However, with a…

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  • DIY: Seed Starting Mix, Seed starting mix, seed starting, Backyard Eden, www.backyard-eden.com

    Seed Starting Mix

    Seed Starting Mix Starting plants from seed is fun, and it’s also a huge money saver. When I talk about starting seeds indoors, one of the first questions new gardeners ask me is about the best seed starting mix to use. This is a very important question, because the type of soil you use to…

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  • Double Digging, How to double dig your beds, Backyard Eden, www.backyard-eden.com

    Double Digging

    Want a super productive garden this year? The super simple method of double digging can help you turn a productive garden into a super productive garden.  If you have an area of soil that you want to turn into a garden bed with deep, loose soil, then you’ll need to put in some elbow grease and…

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