Community Gardens
Community gardens are great for communities to provide fresh produce or even plants. They tend to be publicly functional in terms of ownership, access and management, and tend to be typically owned by local governments or nonprofit organizations. The picture above is the community garden that is located in Macon, Georgia.
Although Community gardens can be a great thing, starters of these gardens have to make sure that they are picking an area of land that has good soil. Before you start a community garden you should test your soil and do a basic soil analysis.
- Two important Soil Characteristics:
- Soil pH
- Is a measurement on a scale from acid (low
- pH) to alkaline (high pH). Most soils are on the acid
- side of the pH spectrum. Good soils for crop produc
- tion are often moderately acid.
- Available nutrient levels
- In the soil determine how good crop growth will be. Testing for phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) helps determine the need for soil amendments (phosphate, and lime or dolomite) and the right fertilizer formulations for the crop to be grown.
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