What you plant your vegetable seeds in can make or break them. You want to situate them in the best environment available. Thus, you should test the soil when you are planning where to lay the garden. It will allow you to increase your success rate, and confirm what will and will not grow well within the space you have to place your vegetable patch. Otherwise you could just be wasting your time, and may face defeat and aggravation to boot.
Therefore soil drainage is of great importance. This natural process is the soil’s capacity to absorb the moisture it requires and then to allow the excess to drain off. Good drainage will involve an average rate of loss of one inch per hour; it is what you would like most for your vegetable plants to call home. Soil that is too dry, or too wet when it drains can cause problems or is only capable of supporting the growth of certain vegetables.