A soil amendment is any material added to a soil to improve its physical properties. The goal is to provide a better environment for roots. After all, gardening is all about plants that are supported ...

Today we will look at soil amendments for preparing your soil for each type of garden and plants that you will have. Since most plants require good drainage, let’s look at that first. Drainage can be ...

What soil types work best for certain plants? And when is compost a good idea? This week, the Garden Guy digs into dirt ...

In Colorado, 80% of plant problems are due to poor soils and poor tilth (the ability of soil to grow plants). Thankfully, mixing a good soil amendment into the ground can significantly increase the ...

A black metal shovel is partially covered by soil. - rsooll/Shutterstock I know someone who said the main reason she doesn't enjoy gardening is because she "doesn't like to get dirty." Well, friends, ...

Wood ashes can be a valuable resource for amending garden soil. Anyone using a fireplace or wood stove knows that a large amount of wood ashes can accumulate over a heating season. When applied under ...

CORVALLIS – Adding organic matter is the best way to improve nearly all kinds of soils. If you’re unsure if your soil needs amendments, take note if it dries and cracks in summer, drains slowly or is ...

Almost every gardening guru extols the virtues of adding good organic amendments to your soil, but where can you buy them? We asked many experts and here’s a list of the suppliers and nurseries they ...

Q. I have inherited a home in Suffolk with a large number of camellias, azaleas, flowering bushes, fruit trees and blueberry bushes. There were large cans of substances such as ironite, copperas iron ...

While many home gardeners compost traditionally with an outdoor pile or bin, vermicomposting can be a more compact way to recycle kitchen scraps utilizing the power of worms. Vermicomposting is a form ...

It’s warming up — at last! — so of course Southern California gardeners are eagerly roaming plant sales and nurseries in search of African basil, tomato seedlings and a billion other flower or ...