The Dirt on Soil

By Christine Reid.

There’s an old gardening adage that declares, “It all begins with the soil.” It essentially means that when you water the garden, you’re really watering the soil, not the plants. And when you haul out the bag of fertilizer, you’re feeding the soil, not the plants. Successful gardening begins and ends with the soil. If the soil is no good, the garden will do poorly, no matter how fancy the seeds are, how perfect the weather is or how well you do everything else.