When visiting your local garden center, you're often met with an overwhelming array of choices for improving your garden. You may have come across products labeled "soil conditioner" along your ...

If you live on a property with clay soil, then you know how hard it is to grow a lush lawn. The compact structure of this ...

What is 'no-till' gardening? Is it better for my garden than traditional digging and tilling every year or not? What are the advantages of this method and how can I start using it? This method of ...

The conventional way that gardeners solve bad-soil trouble is by adding organic matter such as compost, leaves, grass clippings, and/or rotted manure – or bypassing in-ground planting altogether with ...

These plants can reduce compaction, add nutrients, prevent pests, and more. vencavolrab / Getty Images Healthy soil is an important part of growing plants that thrive. If your yard has poor soil ...

Discover why you should test your soil in January, with insights from a garden expert. Get ahead of the growing season by ...

The crunch of a plow tearing through rich, dark soil has long been the anthem of gardeners and farmers gearing up for a new ...

Well-managed soils are the foundation of high yields. Yet compaction, nutrient imbalance and poor structure can limit performance. A gypsum soil amendment can provide a practical solution by supplying ...

A lush crop of well-fertilized corn. Photo courtesy of DCR. U.S. Reps. Don Beyer of Virginia, Mike Lawler of New York and Chellie Pingree of Maine yesterday introduced the Innovative Practices for ...

Did your soil struggle to support your corn or soybean crop last season? If so, you might be considering soil amendments this year. But where do you start? With the exception of fertilizer, almost ...

As climate change, soil degradation, and food security concerns continue to rise, nanotechnology presents an opportunity to enhance crop production efficiently and sustainably. The Fast Company ...