Walk into any garden center and you will find shelves packed with products labeled as "organic soil boosters," "natural ...

Dirt is more complicated than it seems. Just ask any gardener, or take a stroll through any garden center aisle stacked high with products designed to enhance or improve garden soil. Even the experts ...

I’m sure you have purchased potting soil that stated something like “contains perlite.” What exactly is that, and why should our soil contain any? Living in a region with a usually wonderful climate ...

Living in a region with a usually wonderful climate comes at a cost: nasty storms, torrid summers and really bad soil. It might not even be rightly called soil. It is practically inevitable that ...

Person holding two handfuls of container soil - Ingwervanille/Getty Images Nutrient-rich potting soil enables you to cultivate colorful flowers or home-grown vegetables. When the gardening season ends ...

Our general store is ready for spring. Inside bright packets of seeds call for my attention. Outside on the porch are bags of peat moss, 5-10-5 and 10-10-10, limestone, compost, cow manure and bark ...

Soils keep plants healthy by providing plants with water, helpful minerals, and microbes, among other benefits. But what if the soil also contains toxic elements, such as cadmium? The solution goes ...

Some plant problems can be indicative of other issues besides soil quality. Soil tests can reveal and diagnose nutrient deficiency or improper pH balances. After using a soil test, you will know what ...

It is an unlikely application, but researchers in China have discovered that chicken manure can be used to biodegrade crude oil in contaminated soil. Writing in the International Journal of ...