Check the health of your soil before planting. To see if it's loamy in texture, squeeze a ball of it in your fist. If it's loam, it should stay in a ball shape but easily fall apart when poked.

Loamy soil - often seen as the ultimate garden soil because most plants will grow in it, this is brown and crumbly in texture and similar to that found on well-worked allotments. It's rarely ...

Permanent raised beds ensure minimal soil disturbance and have helped build the soil from very sandy to a loose and rich loamy texture. Perennial plants are incorporated into the garden system and ...