• Garden

    Agronomy 101

    The key to a healthy prosperous garden is healthy soil. Agronomy is the study of crop and soil science and my Dad is an agronomist (aka “crop doctor”). To make sure my garden is successful in growing the seeds I have started from my Mom’s collection I need to make sure my garden has the vital nutrients the plants need to grow. The macronutrients (the nutrients I need the most of) are nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and calcium and then there are many other micronutrients (the nutrients I need but in smaller quantities). If you’d like to get your soil tested the first step is locating a place that you…