Riseandrun
New Member
Greeting fellow gardening enthusiast!
My first few posts on this forum were for help in determining how I could fix my soil. It’s ” off the charts” high for alkaline, and the water drainage test was a complete failure: dig a hole 12x12, fill with water, after draining, refill and note rate water drains from the hole and my hole still had water in it the next day, only down a few inches. Lots of clay.
UPDATE: I decided that it wasn’t worth the effort to try planting a big garden, I was in Home Depot, and bought some snap peas, and bush beans for $3.00 almost as an experiment to see what would happen…
The snap peas l learned from. Plant earlier, make sure you have a trellis for each row. I got a handful so far, but taste good.
The bush beans have been a resounding success! (At least from my perspective). I planted 3 rows about 5 ft long, Thinned as directed, as every seed came up, and now they are producing big time! Very exciting for me. The soil I thought was dead, is not.
Questions: Does anyone know of a soil sample place I could send a sample too? My searches have not resulted in much…
What can I prepare for now to improve my soil in the fall and be ready for a bigger garden next year?
Im mostly interested in producing crops for nutrition and ease of storage, whether canning or freezing.
Thanks in advance!
My first few posts on this forum were for help in determining how I could fix my soil. It’s ” off the charts” high for alkaline, and the water drainage test was a complete failure: dig a hole 12x12, fill with water, after draining, refill and note rate water drains from the hole and my hole still had water in it the next day, only down a few inches. Lots of clay.
UPDATE: I decided that it wasn’t worth the effort to try planting a big garden, I was in Home Depot, and bought some snap peas, and bush beans for $3.00 almost as an experiment to see what would happen…
The snap peas l learned from. Plant earlier, make sure you have a trellis for each row. I got a handful so far, but taste good.
The bush beans have been a resounding success! (At least from my perspective). I planted 3 rows about 5 ft long, Thinned as directed, as every seed came up, and now they are producing big time! Very exciting for me. The soil I thought was dead, is not.
Questions: Does anyone know of a soil sample place I could send a sample too? My searches have not resulted in much…
What can I prepare for now to improve my soil in the fall and be ready for a bigger garden next year?
Im mostly interested in producing crops for nutrition and ease of storage, whether canning or freezing.
Thanks in advance!