Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with ...

Today I completed a quality test for soil-mineral content using a Mason jar, soil and water. The results were 81 percent sand, 4 percent silt and 15 percent clay. The soil is from the Highland Park ...

I often mention my veg patch’s clay soil in this column, and that’s because soil type affects what we grow and how. Getting to know your soil is an essential part of becoming a great grower of edible ...

Question: I want to start my warm-season garden this month. What should I do to improve my sandy garden site? Answer: Add lots of organic matter to Florida sands. Till compost, peat moss and similar ...

FARGO — I must extend an apology. As a boy gardening at our home in Lisbon, N.D., and on my grandparent’s farm between Alice and Fingal, I naively thought all soil was probably similar to ours, which ...

Looking after your soil’s health is the most important task a gardener can have. Your soil is what feeds and waters your plants. Winter is a good time to start planning ways to improve your soil.

It's soil that slips through your fingers—loose, dry and stubbornly unproductive. Stretching across large parts of South Australia and western Victoria, sandy soils have long resisted conventional ...

Complaints about garden soil range from too sandy to hard and dry or gummy and about everything in between. One answer to improving most soil is incorporating organic matter. Plant roots grow best in ...

Most gardeners know that success depends on many factors: You can’t grow a sun-loving plant in a shady area, for example. And a shrub that loves wet places won’t do well in dry soil. But the most ...