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
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A guest blog by Barbara-Ann G. Lewis of the Soil Science Society of America Rock starts becoming soil the momentContinue Reading
Ideally, good garden soil would be both moist and well drained. Any surplus moisture would then drain away rapidly, allowingContinue Reading
I often get very interesting messages from the readers of my blog. For example, after I wrote about the differenceContinue Reading
A reader recently asked me whether it was true that vermiculite contains asbestos and therefore should be avoided. It justContinue Reading
The importance of beneficial mycorrhizal fungi, or mychorrhizae, to plant growth is fairly well known. (If this is a newContinue Reading
Question: Can I grow orchids in pieces of wine cork? Guylaine Martin Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada Answer: Absolutely. In fact,Continue Reading
I sometimes find it hard to imagine myself as a new gardener. After all, I’ve been gardening all my life,Continue Reading
As you repot your houseplants into fresh soil, remember the old soil you’re removing, now too dense and too overlyContinue Reading
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