How to Improve Your Soil / 5 Tips to Boost Soil Health

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Whether you're an avid gardener or just a beginner, understanding how to care for your #soil is essential for growing healthy plants. From adding #compost to correcting drainage issues to soil tests and how to use mulch and certain plant species to your advantage, we will cover 5 ways to improve your soil to support robust plant growth, healthy roots and an abundant harvest!
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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction
0:40 - Dirt Makes You Happy
1:12 - Testing Your Soil
1:44 - At Home Mason Jar Soil Test
2:30 - Increase Organic Matter
3:40 - Homemade Compost
3:56 - Improve Drainage
4:40 - Applying Mulch to Improve Soil
5:24 - Using the Right Plants
5:59 - Plants for Poor, Dry Soils
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  • @JG24AJ
    @JG24AJ Жыл бұрын

    I love you folks & thank God Y'all are there/here for us (The Serious Gardener)❤️🌹💐🏵️💮🌸🌷🌺🌼🌻

  • @jamesvandamme7786
    @jamesvandamme77862 ай бұрын

    I used to collect bags of leaves from the neighborhood (80 bags in my full-size van), but I found too much stones, bottles, and dead cats. Now I just collect newspaper and cardboard. All carbohydrates go into the garden, sooner or later.

  • @ellenspence5565
    @ellenspence5565 Жыл бұрын

    Making my own compost!

  • @jeanniek1498
    @jeanniek1498 Жыл бұрын

    Love Blanket Flowers, and Cone Flowers

  • @mamun_seo_specialist_pro
    @mamun_seo_specialist_pro Жыл бұрын

    Everything is beautiful

  • @cynthiagilbreth1352
    @cynthiagilbreth13522 ай бұрын

    I love making my own compost. I don't eat a lot of veg but we do drink a lot of coffee. I sterilize my egg shells in boiling water, then dry them in the oven. Then I pulverize them in my Vitamix and add to the compost. Coffee grounds are "green" containing a lot of nitrogen, so I balance that out with paper shreds and the dry material that collects under the bushes. It's now May, so I'm emptying my compost bin and will start filling it up for next spring. Thanks for the video.

  • @cinejan
    @cinejan Жыл бұрын

    My go to is alpaca beans!

  • @jeanniek1498
    @jeanniek1498 Жыл бұрын

    Nature composts in place. Think about how rich and amazing mountain soil is... But at home we have to help nature. You are correct... organic compost is great... natures compost

  • @mabelgoddard5813
    @mabelgoddard5813 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, thank you!🌸🌸💕

  • @jeanniek1498
    @jeanniek1498 Жыл бұрын

    Playing in the dirt is another form of grounding..... It is good and healthy for you, also barefoot on the ground. Its called the "Natural Feel Good Recipe"

  • @davidcoyle7125
    @davidcoyle7125 Жыл бұрын

    Using a mulching mower then all the goodness taken out of the garden by grass goes back in, borders apply wood chip or grass clippings (or better still hedge clippings that have been shredded) and every gardener should compost. My view is that it can cost very little or even nothing to keep improving your soil. Forgot to add any brown cardboard or news papers that come into my home make there way into my soil either under mulch or into the compost. Any thing biodegradable to me can be garden food.

  • @geoffhummerstone
    @geoffhummerstone Жыл бұрын

    Thanx

  • @JG24AJ
    @JG24AJ Жыл бұрын

    P.S. fruits vegetables and perennial flowers for hummingbirds.

  • @leeschelin5017
    @leeschelin50172 ай бұрын

    What about sawdust? I have a shop and build high-end gates, I produce at least three or four large bags of sawdust. The wood is free of chemicals and glue.

  • @jamesvandamme7786

    @jamesvandamme7786

    2 ай бұрын

    Untreated wood is like gold. It can deplete nitrogen as it breaks down so let it rot first if you can, or just spread it on the top of the soil. We use all the newspaper we can find, too. I bury branches and rotten logs under garden beds.

  • @Gardeningknowhow

    @Gardeningknowhow

    2 ай бұрын

    As the other commenter mentioned, it is best added to the compost pile to allow it to break down before adding as a soil amendment.

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