What is the best organic soil amendment for my garden?

What is the best organic soil amendment for my garden?

Tracy DiSabato-Aust (Garden Designer and Author) gives expert video advice on: What are 'soil amendments'?; What is the difference between 'organic' and 'inorganic' soil amendments?; What is 'leaf humus'? and more...

Well, I hesitate to give a blanket answer on that because it's really very much dependent on where you garden, what amendments might be available to you. Therefore this is really where we want to look at a soil test, to see what type of soil structure we're already dealing with. Because many times people will think, 'I'm going to add sand to my soil' but if you have a clay soil and add just a little bit of sand you'll actually create concrete. So it's really important to know what type of soil you have, what amendments are available to you, and select from there.