Fixing a Failed Garden: Ditch Cheap Topsoil, Amend With Conditioner, Lime, and Fertilizer

Store-bought "topsoil" ($0.99/bag) = silty, poorly drained. Your garden drowned.

Fix

Add 2" soil conditioner + 1 pint 10-10-10 + 4 pints lime per 8x10 ft. Mix 10" deep. Next season will improve.

Buy "Planting Soil" ($2-3/bag), not "Topsoil."

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