Hi everyone. I am new here. My organization of volunteers run a free kids gardening program. This year, in a 25foot square plot at our community garden, we tried to grow the three sisters.
The soil was really poor, picture a ball diamond with a thin layer of top soil on top.
Our idea is to do a multi year program on soil rehabilitation, to use this plot to grow perennial foods like asparagus, blueberries and raspberry bushes interspersed with annual herbs and vegetables.
We want to test the soil every year and track whether we're actually improving soil quality or not.
Any tips or suggestions would be awesome. Some questions are, how do we begin to track the soil quality? What kinds of tests do we get? What should we plant first? Which kind of professionals should we have to advise us?
The project is in st. Thomas, Ontario. Thanks!
