Healthy soil vital to crop growing

St Patrick’s Day generally heralds the start of the Irish growing season and as this growing season kicks off, it’s paramount to have a good soil fertility plan in place and access to suitable soil amendments.

Soil nutrient losses are constant in a vegetable garden and generally occur due to cultivation practices and the harvesting of crops.

To combat losses, the ideal strategy for us gardeners is to continually replenish the soil. In the ideal world, gardens should be self-sufficient cutting out the need to buy expensive inputs.