One TikToker shared how he grows peppers, tomatoes, and figs in a raised bed without soil — using the hugelkultur method.

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! I hope everyone has survived the sweltering heat of this week in late June. I ...

SPI ratings are calculated based on moving average cropping data, temperature, precipitation and soil factors (e.g., organic matter, sub-surface material, texture, and drainage, depth of topsoil, ...

Noticing something unusual on your plants? It could mean you have a soil problem. Know the signs to watch for and how to ...

Simpson et al. ably demonstrate the similarity between the NMR spectra of microbial material and of soil organic matter (SOM) and, in doing so, conclude that a considerable fraction of SOM is of ...

Care requirements: Full sun to partial shade; tolerates various soils ...

It may be that the natural soil occurring in your garden isn't the best option. There are a lot of reasons why using a loamy ...

So now, organics are the “in” way to grow and if you started gardening in the past five years or so, you are part of a huge ...

It appears that, even after 10 years of continuous CT or NT rice production on a silt-loam soil, substantially increased near-surface soil BD has not occurred to the point where soil compaction would ...

Particulate organic carbon. The POC levels were not significantly affected by the cover crops (Table 3), even though the previous reports show that POC is a sensitive indicator of changes in the soil ...

An ideal “loam” soil is 40 percent sand, 40 percent silt, ... These increase soil organic matter, and their roots help reduce compacted soils. Read George’s column on cover crops; ...