soil

Adding gypsum to your soil will increase its calcium level.

Q: I plant my annuals and perennials the same way, and some plants flourish while some just sit ...

By Susan McFarland From The Dallas Morning News McKinney—The heart of harvest season is here, and one Collin ...

Earth Day is April 22. How earth-friendly are your landscape maintenance practices? You can make your landscape a ...

All soil isn't created equal. Soil is the first and perhaps most critical part of creating and sustaining ...

If you drive through the countryside of Roanoke, Indiana, you will see acres of corn and soybean crops. ...

Commentary Synthetic, or “chemical,” nitrogen fertilizers are bad for the environment, but “organic” fertilizers are good. ... Right? ...

Agricultural soil is an important resource for communities all over the world, not only because it provides humans ...

For years, “sustainable” has been the buzzword in conversations about agriculture. If farmers and ranchers could slow or ...

New research shows how regenerative farming practices—soil-building techniques that minimize plowing, use cover crops, and plant diverse crops—affect ...

One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is that organic farming is inherently sustainable. It can be, ...

Soil is your plants’ food. And, just like you, your plants need nutrient-rich food to stay healthy. But ...

While this article applies to Rhododendrons, 99% of it also applies to planting and care for Azaleas, as ...

Garden soil testing, especially in vegetable gardens, should be done periodically. Because you’re growing plants that demand more than ...

Perfecting the art of composting can be tricky, but it’s essential to the health of your garden. Compost ...

The vast majority of flowers, perennials, vegetables, and fruits grow well in a neutral soil pH between 6.2-7.0. ...

Your lawn and garden simply don’t need chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. In fact, these chemicals weaken your plants. What your ...

When you start composting, it’s remarkable to see how much less trash you generate every week. For instance, ...

Researchers have discovered a compound that could outmaneuver resistance to an antibiotic long used as a crucial last ...

Eating organic isn’t a fad. In fact, a 2019 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated that sales ...

The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic shutdowns have severely disrupted and spotlighted weaknesses in the U.S. food system. ...

Emerging science has now recognized that the universal theme of man being created from clay may not be ...

Forests help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by storing it in trees, but a sizable amount of ...

In the battle against weeds, tillage is one of the strongest weapons organic or ecologically based farmers have.

French wine lovers have always taken their soil very seriously.

Adding nitrogen and phosphorous to the soil beneath grasslands shifts the natural communities of fungi, bacteria, and microscopic ...

Scientists are using a process called pyrolysis to clean soil contaminated by oil spills in a way that ...