The experts at My Garden Nursery were listening to KAFE This Morning earlier this week and heard Dave & Patrice talking about garden soil vs. potting soil.  They mentioned not knowing there’s a difference.  BUT…there IS!  It’s a pretty normal misconception unless you spend a lot of time at a nursery.

Here’s the scoop:
When you’re planting containers, use potting or raised bed soil.  They are a well-draining, lighter mix with organic fertilizers like chicken manure, kelp meal, earthworm castings, bat guano, and perlite. Some soils have peat moss added, but there’s a new product at local nurseries, including My Garden Nursery, called Beyond Peat with Bio-Fiber that claims it produces up to 25% more air space than peat moss for stronger root development.

Graden soil, or in-ground planting mixes, are fortified and blended in a way that allows it to mix with our native soils and grow better plants.

Either way, good soil is the BEST thing we can do for our gardens!

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Visit My Garden Nursery to bring eye popping, jaw dropping beauty to your garden! Their greenhouses are bursting with colorful hanging baskets, annuals to fill your patio containers, and tons of hardy perennials.
Stop by and sip on a Flamingo Freeze while you shop for everything you’ll need to make your garden POP this summer.