#testingsoil

Take a little bit of soil, water it, and pour white vinegar on it. If that fizzes, the soil is alkaline. In my case that didn’t happen. But if you do this and it does fizz, take old coffee grounds and put them in the soil where you want to make your garden. This will also help keep cats away from your plants!

You take a little bit of soil, water it, and put a little bit of baking soda on it. If it fizzes, the soil there may be too acidic to grow plants or veggies. To fix the soil so that it isn’t as acidic, pour 4 tablespoons of baking soda over the soil and water with a quart of water. My soil is fizzing. I will mix some baking soda in, add on top of that some organic gardening soil and for my watermelons, blood meal as well.

Checking the soil where I want to make my garden, seeing if it’s too acidic or alkaline