The soil test provides a starting place for a soil improvement program for the home gardener. Unless you know the problems in ...

A garden may appear to be perfect on the surface and still fail spectacularly underneath. That rich, dark soil might promise ...

Some gardens explode with life while others struggle, and the difference almost always starts underground. Soil holds secrets ...

Although the warmer weather may seem like the perfect time to begin spring yard work, it is often best to wait.

The past couple of weeks I’ve written about bulk materials to improve your soil. This week I want to tell you about the macro- and microcomponents or nutrients that might need to be added to your soil ...

Farmers have long debated which practices do the most to keep their soil healthy. Now, after pulling data from 21 long-term ...

When farmers talk about their soil test results, the conversation often starts and ends with soil pH. While that one number is important to determining whether lime is needed, that insight is just a ...

Every time you water a container with exhausted potting mix, you’re not nourishing your plants — you’re rinsing the last ...

Researchers have developed an intelligent monitoring pipe that combines optical sensing with machine learning algorithms to monitor and predict 3D soil settlement. With more development, the system ...

Benjamin Franklin Middle School teams are testing fertilizers, light sources and seed types in an eight-week experiment.