Bad soil?

Hi ice recently moved into my first house and want to grow some veg but the bed in which I want to plant in was rijden with wees I vê managed to get most of them out but noticed the spil is held together by lots of little roots does this meen the spil is not us able because the wees were left for to long or can it be salvaged?

Many thanks

 

All soil can be improved if deficient. You say you managed to get rid of most of the weeds - do you mean by their roots or just pulling at them and coming away with leaves? For growing anything the ground/soil needs some preparation e.g. clearing of weeds and their roots, large stones etc.

Do you know what kind of soil you have? It would also be helpful to know which vegetables you want to grow.

 

Well I got the top later of the soil up to get the roots up I just have a big pikt of dit and wees next to the bed and no I don't know what kind of soil unfortunately it was there when I moved in so im not sure

 

You can buy soil detection kits e.g. from a garden centre. It's worth knowing what kind of soil it is because - for instance, if you have clay, it will need something to loosen it up.

Here is some basic info on different soil types (click on link below)

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=179

 

Ok thanks ill have a look for a detection kit and see what is in the spil