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Improving your garden through soil management hardcover january 1 1955 by earl downey author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions price new from used from hardcover please retry 598 598 . Sand may improve drainage and reduce crusting of clay soil for a short time but in the long run sand alone will harden soil making it difficult to cultivate a rotary tiller is an excellent tool for incorporating soil amendments and organic matter into vegetable gardens and shrub beds. Use soil tests results and other resources to determine your gardens fertilizer needs for general purposes purchase a complete organic fertilizer mix from your garden center and use as recommended scratch fertilizers into the top 2 inches of vegetable gardens for perennial gardens dont dig at all. For most gardeners the biggest and best one will be to look into using chicken manure to fertilize your garden any plant eating animal in fact will produce soil improving feces if you keep chickens yourself collect their manure over the winter for best results add this to your garden soil three weeks prior to your first spring plantings