Starting an organic vegetable garden requires a few basic tools and materials. For soil preparation, a spade or shovel will help turn and aerate the soil, while a hoe can assist with weeding.

Buy organic garden soil at Lowe’s, Home Depot, Target, Walmart, Ace Hardware, your local nursery-and-garden centers, and online through sources such as GrowOrganic.com and PlanetNatural.com.

You also can create an organic raised bed garden without building a frame at all. Just mound rich organic soil to a height of 12 to 20 inches between two parallel furrows.

Garden soil vs. potting soil While garden soil and potting mix are both used for gardening, there are a few distinct differences between them. These bagged soils are made from different organic ...

For a new 4-by-10-foot garden space, Savio recommends three bags of organic compost, three bags of composted steer manure (chicken manure can be too strong) and one bag of super-premium compost ...

Organic mulches, such as straw, paper, cardboard, cover-crop residues, leaves and wood chips provide the added benefit of adding organic matter to the soil as they decompose.

Work the organic matter into the top six to eight inches of soil with a shovel or rototiller, then wait to plant until spring rolls around. Don’t overdo the rototilling to avoid harming soil life.

A question for Dan Gill: I have just built a 4-foot-by-8-foot raised garden bed. I will be using it for vegetables. What type of soil and how much do I ...

For vegetable gardens, we love Miracle-Gro’s Garden Soil for Vegetables and Herbs. This robust soil is formulated to give your vegetables and herbs everything they need to flourish.

For vegetable gardens, we love Miracle-Gro’s Garden Soil for Vegetables and Herbs. This robust soil is formulated to give your vegetables and herbs everything they need to flourish.

For vegetable gardens, we love Miracle-Gro’s Garden Soil for Vegetables and Herbs. This robust soil is formulated to give your vegetables and herbs everything they need to flourish.

For vegetable gardens, we love Miracle-Gro’s Garden Soil for Vegetables and Herbs. This robust soil is formulated to give your vegetables and herbs everything they need to flourish.