This week's column is all about soil and the best ways to make gardening easier without accidentally creating concrete.

Good organic amendments for garden soils include wood byproducts such as sawdust and bark mulch, rotted manure, grass or ...

When hills are healthy, vegetation anchors soil in place. But when that vegetation is burned off, hillsides become vulnerable to erosion, and slopes can come crashing down.

Burnt soil has obviously lost any mulch that had been present as well as the layer of decomposing organic material or humus just below it. Microbial soil life, from aerobic bacteria to symbiotic ...

As the layer of fertile topsoil thins, it gets increasingly difficult to grow crops for food. Without altering agricultural practices and urgently finding ways to preserve soil, the global food ...

Aeration helps your grass grow strong by letting air, water, and nutrients reach the roots.