Whether you're growing tomatoes, managing crops or striving for the perfect lawn, soil testing is key to success.

WARNING: It’s too early to plant your garden. You are still in planning mode. Recently, when I did the garden talk in Bellville, I made it clear that it is still very early to start turning the soil ...

Winter’s firm grip is starting to loosen. Shorter days and intervals of sunshine bring hope that spring is here. But before ...

When European-American settlers first began ploughing in Iowa, they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil ...