Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo caption: This undated photo shows a shovelful of soil in New Paltz, N.Y. Good care, mostly by regularly adding plenty of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soil type affects how it retains water and nutrients.Photograph: iStock/Getty Images (Photograph: iStock/Getty Images) I often ...

Under the mistaken impression that gardening was about plants, for years I paid little attention to the soil -- this despite a three-year stint working with corn farmers in Ohio. During my first field ...

As any avid gardener knows, having the right soil in your garden is one of the most important steps in achieving healthy plant growth. Unfortunately, homeowners with heavy clay soil in their yards ...

Dreaming of gardening? Me too! This year I am staying on top of everything, weeds, fungicides, insect control, transplanting and harvesting — that’s the plan anyway. Starting your garden with healthy ...

Question: A friend of mine said my garden has clay loam soil. I am not sure if he meant it in a good way or not. Is clay loam a good soil for a garden? Answer: Soil is made of three major components.

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David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

The gardening season has started and if you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and ...