What Happens to Soil in Winter? Does Everything Die?
The soil under your feet is still teeming with life, even in the frozen temperatures of winter. All photos: SoilContinue Reading
Category: Soil
Plant Litter in the Garden: Soil Scientists Say Just Leave It Be!
Farmers keep crop residues on their fields for the same reasons home gardeners should consider! Source: Fabian Fernandez I’ve neverContinue Reading
How to Kill Weed Seeds in Compost
Ideally, you wouldn’t add weeds that are in seed or even in the late part of their blooming cycle toContinue Reading
Plants for Salty Soil
There are various reasons you, as a gardener, might have to deal with salty soil, that is, soil rich inContinue Reading
How do soil microbes influence nutrient availability?*
There are hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of organisms in just a handful of soil. The Soil Science Society ofContinue Reading
Plant Trees without Amending the Soil
Forget the old technique for planting shrubs and trees, the one I learned when I was a kid. We were toldContinue Reading
When to Apply Compost?
Question: When should I apply compost so it will be most profitable for both the soil and my plants? DorisContinue Reading
When Does Rock Become Soil?
A guest blog by Barbara-Ann G. Lewis of the Soil Science Society of America Rock starts becoming soil the momentContinue Reading
Soggier Than Thou: Plants That Tolerate Wet Soil
Ideally, good garden soil would be both moist and well drained. Any surplus moisture would then drain away rapidly, allowingContinue Reading
Feed Your Soil’s Microflora and Microfauna and Your Plants Will Thank You!
I often get very interesting messages from the readers of my blog. For example, after I wrote about the differenceContinue Reading