In addition to diseased plants, you should also pull weeds from your garden as soon as possible to ensure they don’t get the ...

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 ...

Some plants thrive in more acidic soils, and this additive can provide a near-immediate decrease in pH. With that said, ...

Mulch can help retain moisture in the soil and act as a barrier to weeds. When used properly, it can enhance growing conditions for plants. However, when applied too heavily, it can cause problems for ...

There is no such thing as perfect soil. All soil has some sort of problem structure, texture or chemistry. Good soil is loose and crumbly because it has lots of air spaces, the National Garden Bureau ...

Do we need to better soil ourselves? Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates wrote about something dirty in his March 26, 2019, edition of his Gates Notes. It didn't focus on cow farts, as he began the ...

The dirt beneath our feet often goes unnoticed but it’s key to sustaining all life on Earth. A third of the world’s soil is moderately to highly degraded, threatening global food supplies, increasing ...

Q: I cut back my roses last midwinter and they grew back just fine this summer. Later, all the leaves became discolored, blotchy yellow. Do you have any advice on how to correct this and prevent it ...

In all my years of plant-related traveling and lecturing across the country and overseas, I’ve seen a lot of gardens and met a lot of gardeners. And while all of us have our own particular regional ...

Amherst Supervisor Susan J. Grelick said Thursday that unstable soils affecting at least 500 town residents are part of a regional problem that needs a regional solution. She called a news conference ...

Gardens of houses built before 1978 (when lead-based paint was banned) are likely to contain soil with excessive levels of lead, according to an article in today's New York Times, which means that ...