>>72261There was an excellent soilmending thread on here a week ago. I simply kept the soil underneath mine and filled the beds with soil from another spot in my garden. It was almost completely lacking in nutrients and very sandy, but I mended it successfully with mostly homemade compost and only a few artificial additives over the course of a few years. I'm fairly confident it can be done in a couple of months time though; I had severe time constraints at the time. The added pic is related and was also posted by me in the mentioned thread; I planted blackberries last fall. From right to left you can see what my soil looks like at a depth of 30cm (1ft) and lower, my equally worthless topsoil, and soil from a mended part of the garden which I used to fill the hole I dug for the plant. The contrast is clear. With some dedication and proper googling/knowledge, it isn't all that hard.
I did have the unfair advantage of weekly access to a lab to check and confirm my progress in the beginning, but in hindsight this was an unnecessary luxury. Adding proper compost and using simple pH- and salinity-tests that you can buy in every self-respecting gardening store would have sufficed.
>>72422I am pleased to see the remembering is mutual, and that you're at it again for yet another season. I look forward to this year's pictures!
