It's easy to think of soil as mere dirt, but it’s so much more complicated than that. If you garden, both the structure and ...

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.

However, the best compost for garden soil exists, and we’re here to recommend them to you ... Buying compost in bags at a local garden center is good, but going for bulk is better. That’s ...

And this year, home gardeners are turning to a new composting helper: black soldier fly larvae. Here’s everything you need to ...

1. Always wear a disposable face mask before opening up bags or shovelling bulk soil products from a trailer. 2. Wear gloves ...

As organic matter is used in bulk, applying 5-10kg (10-20lbs) per square metre (yard ... and ideally be collected and applied to the garden. As a soil improver/conditioner to dig into the soil: only ...

During the heatwave, I spread a layer of mulch over my backyard in preparation for fruit tree planting and by the next day ...

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 ...

Adding fresh or composted manure to your flower, herb, or vegetable beds is one of the best ways to improve your soil and grow an organic garden on the cheap. Manure contains nitrogen, potassium ...

Just south of the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, past the actual-farm that includes a Halloween corn maze and a soulful pumpkin patch, there’s a new solar farm taking root. The high-tech panels ...

Bulbs like daffodils, tulips and crocus adore the Pacific Northwest’s climate — the Skagit Valley alone grows roughly 1000 ...