How many times have you checked your recently planted pots and noticed the plants themselves were dry, but the surrounding added soil or ground around the new plant was wet? Your shiny new plant is ...

In a few weeks, gardeners across Nebraska will start planting. Make sure your soil is ready, so those new arrivals will ...

This type of soil contains at least 25 percent clay and is particularly good at holding nutrients due to the microscopic structure of each clay particle, explains Anton Ledin, the in-house plant ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

If it forms a tight ball, the soil is clay. Loose and crumbly soil is loamy, the best kind for planting season. Grainy dirt ...

Both the clay and organic matter particles have a net negative charge. Thus, these negatively-charged soil particles will attract and hold positively-charged particles, much like the opposite poles of ...

Spokane’s South Hill has a lot of clay that has weathered ... the best soil amendment to improve your soil is straight compost. It increases the water holding capacity of the soil, provides ...