Soil Is Your Plants' Home Lisa Bickel, Greenhouse Manager at DePiero's Farm in Montvale made an interesting comment that serves as a good starting point for this series. As simple as it sounds, people often overlook this important fact. It's like the iceberg, where you only see the tip, but the invisible part underwater sinks the boat. Bad soil can ruin a lawn, shrubs and trees, and flower or vegetable gardens. Lisa Bickel Geenhouse Manager DePiero's Farm Everyone wants a nice home and your plants are no exception.
Soil can be bad in many ways.
It can be depleted of nutrients from over planting or under fertilizing. It can be the wrong consistency with too much clay or too much sand. It can be too wet or too dry, from poor drainage or lack of mulch. It can be too acid or not acid enough, depending on the plants being grown. Even experienced gardeners can have a hard time judging soil condition.