When you decide to grow veggies, it’s an exciting venture and you’re probably itching to dive right in. However, it’s so critical to take a step back and work on your soil before you decide to plant. Rich, living soil is healthy soil and is essential when growing veggies. But what nutrients are vital for healthy soil? Read on!
The macronutrients primarily needed by plants are Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium. In addition to this, the soil also needs some secondary macronutrients. These are Calcium, Magnesium and Sulfur. Finally, certain micronutrients known as trace minerals are also needed. These are Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, Boron, Molybdenum, Nickel and Chlorine.
It’s so easy to skim over this soil preparation and just rush ahead and start planting a veggie garden. However, the veggies we harvest get their nutrients directly from the soil. As a result, healthy nutrient nutrient-dense veggies will only grow from rich, living soil. At the end of the day, it’s truly worth the time and effort to improve your soil so that you eat healthy, organic veggies that are full of the nutrients we need to thrive.
A simple way to navigate this is to layer cardboard, organic material and compost in a corner of your garden. Over time this will break down and produce rich, nutrient-dense soil that you can use for planting. The beauty of this method is you can simply keep adding to this pile and over time as it breaks down the soil will be formed underneath. This can then be scooped out and used in your veggie beds!
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