Start with Soil Simple Steps for a Thriving Garden

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<b>Transform your garden from the ground up with this practical guide to soil. </b> Any thriving garden starts with good soil: whether you're growing vibrant herbaceous borders or bountiful vegetable beds. And while gardeners all appreciate the soil beneath their feet, many are still perplexed by how it works. In<i>Start with Soil, </i>award-winning garden designer Juliet Sargeant challenges you to take your soil seriously, reveals its hidden wonders and gives you the tools to improve your soil health and harness its power. <ul><li>The science of soil is explained without the jargon: learn how soil works and how climate change is impacting its health.</li><li>Get to know your own soil with easy at-home testing, explanations about how soil changes throughout the year, and quick-guides to the types of growing mediums we use in gardening – from composts to house plants, hydroponics to sand gardens.</li><li>Follow Juliet’s advice for <b>gardening for better soil</b>, with tried-and-tested methods for making simple compost, feeding your soil, protecting your soil, and introductions to No Dig gardening, Hugelkultur and rain gardens.</li><li>Understand<b>how plants help the soil</b> and choose the perfect plants for your soil type.</li></ul> With step-by-step projects, plant profiles and troubleshooting pages – by starting with soil you will not only be gardening in a way that is kind to the planet, but you will also be ensuring that your garden flourishes. Created in collaboration with the w<b>orld-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,</b> and written by leading garden designer and soil expert, Juliet Sargeant, this is the <b>must-have guide for a thriving garden.</b>