Gardentalk – How to sweeten your soil

Bags of lime are stacked on a pallet in a Juneau home improvement store. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
In the latest segment of Gardentalk, Master Gardener Ed Buyarski suggests using horticultural lime to sweeten or change the acidity level of your garden soil.
Bags of lime are usually found in home improvement or garden outlets around Juneau.
“The soil is normally quite acidic because of the rain we get, plus spruce needles, hemlock needles, muskeg,” Buyarski said. “All of those