The conference is online from 9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24. The conference will address strategies such as using ...

Many aspects of gardening are easy to control—like how much water your plants get and how often you fertilize—while other factors are harder to maintain. Unless you're using raised beds and filling ...

Soil compaction can devastate yields for years. An upcoming webinar series hosted by the University of Minnesota and NDSU on the subject brings together experts from the U.S., Canada and Australia.

In this video, I show you a new tool I use to break up clay and compacted soil called the Prong. I also show how to improve ...

Before you put your garden to bed, consider giving it a winter blanket—aka, a cover crop. Sowed in the fall, these cold-hardy plants work hard to improve soil throughout winter by decreasing ...

Minimize driving over the soil as a compacted soil remedy to support healthy soil structure by allowing the soil to breathe, drink, and move nutrients around. Healthy soils are much more than dirt! In ...

Across the world, fields and gardens are turning into lifeless crusts that repel water and resist roots. Yet the most ...

Soil compaction is a growing concern for farmers and land managers, especially across the northern U.S. and southern Canada.

Foot traffic, lawn mowing and vehicular traffic can all cause soil compaction. These movements seem like minor weight on the ground to actually compress the soil tightly, but it does. Compacted soils ...

Gardeners eager to get outside and work in this year’s early warm weather should take care: It’s all too easy to damage your soil in early spring. “The danger is that you’ll compact the soil if you ...

It's generally ok to use potting soil that's been sitting in storage in winter as long as it's been properly sealed. Read more tips for getting stored soil spring-ready.

If you’ve ever stared at a mountain of soil at a garden center and wondered whether buying it by the truckload is really ...