Find out the reasons why you should amend the soil after harvest, with tips on what and how to apply for spring soil health!

The relationship between amending the soil at planting time, the choice of using woodchips as a surface mulch or applying crushed rock influences the types of plants found in your landscape. Of course ...

Q: What should I use to amend raised beds? My beds need to be rejuvenated. Sulfur, rock dust, chicken manure, worm castings — I am not sure which ones to use or to use them all. A: There is a lot of ...

Adding organic matter to our garden soils is usually at the top of the list for a greater garden. Putting leaves in paper ...

Life is in the soil and here in West Texas the soil needs to be amended, said Master Gardener Allison Smith. "The most important thing is that life is in the soil," said Smith, who owns Ladybug ...

The transition from a late, lingering, winter into an early summer has progressed too quickly to suit me this year. Our normal sequence of bloom has been turned into a sudden explosion of bloom, as ...

Person adding soil backfill to a pine tree sapling - Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images When it's time to prep your yard's soil for planting a tree, grabbing some compost may seem like an obvious step.

We are ready to begin a new gardening season. Think back to your last gardening season. Think back to your last gardening experience. Did your plants do well? If not, the problem could be light, water ...

Q: I planted two viburnums at the edge of my property last spring. I thought I dug the hole plenty big - 3 times the diameter of the root ball and as deep as its depth - and I still had to raise them ...

There is a difference between mulching and amending the soil. Mulching involves placing a material such as pine straw, leaves or pine bark on top of the soil. Amending the soil implies the ...

A soil amendment is any material added to a soil to improve its physical properties, such as water retention, permeability, water infiltration, drainage, aeration and structure. The goal is to provide ...

A soil amendment is any material added to a soil to improve its physical properties, such as water retention, permeability, water infiltration, drainage, aeration and structure. The goal is to provide ...