Proper soil preparation and effective fertilization are crucial for a thriving vegetable garden. It's important to test and amend your soil, and choose between organic and inorganic fertilizers to ...

Sweetcorn likes free-draining, moisture retentive soil. If you can, prepare the bed the previous autumn before planting, adding plenty of well-rotted manure to the soil. Don't worry if you never ...

Success with root vegetables is very much down to the quality of the soil that they're grown in, so it's worth taking the time to prepare your patch. Start digging over your soil in late winter or ...