It’s a simple equation: If you want to grow better plants, you first need to understand the soil. “The texture of a soil is its proportion of sand, silt and clay,” said James Cassidy, a soils ...

Leaves flow from a ceramic fall tree which sprouted up next to the media center at Fouse Elementary School this spring. "I thought it would be a little, tiny tree," fifth-grade student Seraiah Wells ...

I am doing some tree planting at home and wanted a recommendation on what to use to amend the soil that I fill the planting hole with to give the trees a good start. My garden has a heavy clay loam ...

Fruit trees thrive best in soil with plenty of drainage, like most other plants – but can fruit trees grow in clay soil? Clay soil is naturally denser and more prone to compaction than other soils, ...

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 ...