How to Make Garden Soil Richer

There are a few easy tricks you can use to make your garden soil richer; introducing earthworms is one.

The more nutrient-rich your garden soil is, the better the plants that grow from it will be. If your soil isn't producing strong, healthy plants you may want to look into some options for making the soil richer. This can be easily done once you know what techniques can be used to yield the preferred results. By taking a few different techniques and combining them, you'll only maximize the soil's potential. Two common and simple methods, composting and using earthworms, are both very effective and will give you great results.

Things You'll Need

• Plastic bin
• Vegetable/fruit peelings and scraps
• Eggshells
• Coffee grounds
• Earthworms

Instructions

1. Place a plastic bin underneath your sink to use as the compost bin.

2. Place all vegetable and fruit scraps into the bin as you go through them.

3. Add eggshells and used coffee grounds to the bin, but make sure that there are roughly equal amounts of all materials for best results.

4. Bury the compost in your garden's soil once the bin is full. It doesn't have to be buried at a specific depth, it's only important that the compost is completely covered by soil.

5. Add lots of earthworms, available online or in fishing stores and some gas stations, to the garden. Earthworms are a garden's best friend because they process the soil that's already there and expel it, leaving it rich with nutrients.

References

• Compost Instructions: How Worm Poop Can Make Your Soil Richer
• University of Illinois: Composting in the Home Garden