If your garden has heavy clay soil, you'll know what hard work it can be when it comes to digging and planting. This type of soil has a habit of becoming rock hard in summer when it dries out and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soil type affects how it retains water and nutrients.Photograph: iStock/Getty Images (Photograph: iStock/Getty Images) I often ...

Clay soil is not a gardener's delight. I have had to deal with the clay soil in the Midlands of South Carolina for years. And even with what feels like a mountain of compost worked in, I still find ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Not every gardener gets good dirt. In fact, the coveted sandy loam is uncommon in this area. Most of us get dirt with too much clay or too much sand -- and that creates a challenge when it comes to ...

If your backyard suddenly feels like a swamp one day and a concrete slab the next, congratulations—you’re dealing with clay soil in the fall. Gardeners either love it or loathe it, but everyone agrees ...

CORVALLIS – When you walk about your yard on a wet day, do your shoes stick in the mud? Could you make ceramic pots out of the soil in your garden? If the answers are yes to both, odds are you have ...

There are many blooming plants that don't grow well in clay soil, which can limit the growing options for some gardeners. That doesn't mean that there are no alternatives, though. In fact, there are ...

Dreaming of gardening? Me too! This year I am staying on top of everything, weeds, fungicides, insect control, transplanting and harvesting — that’s the plan anyway. Starting your garden with healthy ...

Under the mistaken impression that gardening was about plants, for years I paid little attention to the soil -- this despite a three-year stint working with corn farmers in Ohio. During my first field ...