Many gardeners bemoan the presence of heavy clay soil, but there's a case for its use in your yard thanks to certain benefits ...

Gardeners are being urged to check their soil in February to avoid running into problems growing things this coming summer.

Sandy soil - feels rough and gritty when handled and will not form distinct shapes like clay. It usually has a sandy brown colour and is easy to dig over. Water-logging is rare on such soils as ...

Learn how to amend Southeast Texas' clay soil to enhance plant health and growth by improving nutrient availability and soil ...

Sandy soil is pale coloured and has large particles. These create lots of small air gaps. Water drains through them easily so it usually feels dry. Clay soil is usually sticky and has small particles.

Because it is a Mediterranean herb, lavender thrives in poor, dry soils. I often get asked, does it need fertilizer? The short answer is probably not. But depending on your specific growing conditions ...

Desert Control, in their words, plans to use nanoclay to take unproductive desert land “from sand to hope”. Using clay to improve soils is nothing new – farmers have been doing so for ...

Managing moisture levels around the foundation is crucial in areas with clay-rich soils. 2. Sandy Soils Sandy soils drain water quickly but lack the cohesion and stability needed to support heavy ...

The relative ability of soils to store one particular group of nutrients, the cations, is referred to as cation exchange capacity or CEC. Soils are composed of a mixture of sand, silt, clay and ...

Detailed maps of subsurface drainage offer many experimentation possibilities. Station PI: Prof. Mari Pihlatie (mari.pihlatie at helsinki.fi) SMEAR-Agri Haltiala SMEAR-Agri Haltiala is located on a ...