If you keep trying to grow food in your garden but nothing turns out right, there could be something wrong with the soil. Try ...

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

A new article details methods of determining a soil's texture by feel, an important skill for students of soil science. Soil texture strongly influences the nutrient holding ability of a soil, the ...

Discover how to determine your garden soil texture with a simple jar test and choose optimal plants.

The texture of soil is as important as its fertility I’m sure you have purchased potting soil that stated something like “contains perlite.” What exactly is that, and why should our soil ...

Your landscape's soil composition greatly affects the success of your plants and gardens. Shari Petrucci from the Western Mass Master Gardener Association showed us how to test our soil texture.

Not all soil is the same. Explore soil texture and structure in this hands-on investigation, then predict how soil health will be affected by climate change.

To grow, plants must absorb nutrients from the soil. Not only must these nutrients be present in sufficient quantities, they must also be available for uptake by the plant. Nutrient availability is… ...

"The texture of a soil is its proportion of sand, silt and clay," said James Cassidy, a soils instructor at Oregon State University. "Texture determines all kinds of things like drainage, aeration ...

Living in a region with a usually wonderful climate comes at a cost: nasty storms, torrid summers and really bad soil. It might not even be rightly called soil. It is practically inevitable that wh… ...