Good soil is the starting point for a garden that grows well. It feeds your plants, holds water, and helps roots grow strong.

Although soil can be all sand, all clay or all silt, that is rare. Most soils are some combination of all three. You can do a soil test from a kit purchased at a garden center or send a sample to ...

The best way to build good soil is to add compost. International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is May 5-11. The goal of the ICAW is to raise public awareness on why we should use compost to create ...

Good gardens begin with good soil. Pretty simple statement, and basically that's the truth. We can have the best of seeds, fertilize like we should, water it sufficiently, do it just like we ...

Good soil can provide good drainage, nutrients, bacteria that fight against nematodes, and organic matter that holds onto water and nutrients. Sand doesn’t do any of those things well.

Good soil has life: It’s dark, crumbly and has worms and more! (Betty Cahill, Special to The Denver Post) Soil is made up of small bits of different-sized mineral particles, rocks and other stuff.

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Planting mix: a good soil supplement, not replacement By Pam Peirce , Freelance Writer Updated Feb 28, 2014 12:53 p.m. Growing healthy vegetables doesn't require you to replace your soil.

I got black adobe clay which is the soil I had for my first home in Stockton, purchased in 1968. Had I known that was what I was buying, I might have had a few second thoughts. Black adobe is a ...

We’ve been working with limited resources in our gardens for the last few years. It is so crucial for us to remember that the secret to any lush, bountiful garden is good soil. What we know ...