April showers bring May flowers: Tips to prepare your soil for planting



(WITI) -- April showers bring May flowers. Sharon Morrisey joins hangs in the FOX6 garden with some tips to prepare your soil for planting.



The season starts with soil preparation --  including adding organic matter like compost and manure. See how to take a sample of soil to have tested and what you'll learn by doing so.



Seeds for over a dozen crops can be sown directly into the garden now as soon as the soil is prepared. Learn how to decide what to plant where as we plant peas as the first spring crop.

Perennial flowers that return every year are just waking up. Make bed clean-up quick and easy naturally.