For decades, knowing what lies beneath a farmer’s feet has meant one thing: bagging up soil, sending it to a laboratory, and ...

Wood ashes can be a valuable resource for amending garden soil. Anyone using a fireplace or wood stove knows that a large amount of wood ashes can accumulate over a heating season. When applied under ...

The dynamics and availability of nutrients in soil can limit the growth of plants and microbes. These forces underpin how ecosystems respond to changing environmental conditions. Researchers ...

To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...

Amendments need time to take effect. Get a jump on spring planting by preparing gardens soils in autumn.

Nutrients are an important indicator of ecosystem health because the presence or absence of nutrients can cause serious changes to an aquatic ecosystem. Some of the most common nutrients, or chemical ...