I have seen four-foot-tall planter boxes and must report that the people tending them were aglow with tales of how easy it ...

Are you starting a raised bed garden or looking to fill your current bed with great quality soil? The secret to a thriving ...

If you’re planning a new garden, you should start with good soil. After all, soil is the medium of life for plants, providing a place for roots to spread out and take up water and nutrients.

The bulk of soil is made up of a mixture ... neutral is pH7 and alkaline is above seven. Loamy soil - often seen as the ultimate garden soil because most plants will grow in it, this is brown ...

Parents might test the soil in their yard to see if hazardous amounts of lead or arsenic are present before installing a backyard playset for their children, or before beginning a new vegetable garden ...

It also doesn’t provide a very stable surface for garden furniture. Alternatively, angular-shaped stones and limestone chippings are pretty comfortable to walk on, and generally stay where they ...

Whether you need to break up garden soil, spread mulch ... combination of power and control while loading or transferring bulk materials. This was the first actual “pitchfork” among our ...

The conventional way that gardeners solve bad-soil trouble is by adding organic ... says horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi in a National Gardening Association post. Cover crops turned out to be ...

Annual weed seeds can survive for years in the soil, waiting for the perfect conditions to grow. They germinate at lower temperatures than most garden plants and can grow and set seed very quickly.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – No one wants to think of harvest’s end as the vegetable garden reaches peak, but now’s the time to plant over-winter cover crops to improve your soil for next season.

Pune: Garden nurseries in the city ... of over-stocking at present because builders who had ordered plants in bulk for plantation in their new constructions have paused deliveries as fresh ...