Perhaps the biggest boost you can give your garden is great soil. The seed/plant needs all the help it can get to grow and fruit. Soil will over time lose its nutrients and minerals so it is important to keep adding to it all year round. You can spend a lot of money on bags of fertilizer, worm castings and bone meal or you can get resourceful and do it cheaper or for free. The ideal PH for garden soil is 6.0 to 6.5. You can send in soil samples to various labs or the county cooperative extensions and receive … The post Fortifying Your Garden Soil, by Hollyberry appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.