With spring arriving, gardeners are preparing soils for this year’s planting, and many love to apply compost, which can supply nutrients, feed microbial activity, help retain soil moisture and improve ...

Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with ...

Looking after your soil’s health is the most important task a gardener can have. Your soil is what feeds and waters your plants. Winter is a good time to start planning ways to improve your soil.

It's generally ok to use potting soil that's been sitting in storage in winter as long as it's been properly sealed. Read more tips for getting stored soil spring-ready.

As gardeners across North America step into their backyards this season, many are noticing a shift not just in the weather, ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Soil is one of our most precious resources. Ecoacoustics, or the study of environmental sounds, has been around for a century, but it has only recently been applied to understanding soils. This ...