In any case, these 7 best plants to prevent soil erosion in your yard will bring it back to life again. Plus, here are 7 flood-tolerant plants to protect your yard from heavy rain.

Dealing with heavy clay soil can be a challenge for many gardeners. This dense, compact soil type retains water and drains poorly, making it difficult for some plants to thrive. However, certain ...

To tackle rainwater runoff and erosion, garden designer Leah Churner built a dry creek bed, installed cedar log erosion curbs, and chose shade-tolerant, wildlife habitat plants that work in clay soil.

Ann Bailey discusses the problem of soil erosion and why farmers should consider ways to stop erosion now instead of being forced to do it by people without farming backgrounds.

Illinois soil and water conservation districts were allocated just $4.5 million for their operations in the budget year that ...

As the last article in these series, I would like to introduce the 12th soil order, the vertisols. Vertisols are known as shrinking and swelling dark clay soils. The most common features of the ...

Soil scientists have repeatedly shown that cover crops reduce erosion, but an analysis by a team led by Wenjuan Huang, an assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, is the first ...

Flooding caused by frozen soil on the Palouse in February was one of the largest events in 30 years, Pacific Northwest soil scientists say. Historically high stream flows across the […] ...

Although erosion is a natural process, abusive land-use practices such as deforestation and overgrazing can expedite erosion and strip the land of soils needed for food to grow.

Internal erosion and seepage flow represent critical processes in the evolution of granular soils, with direct implications for the stability of natural and engineered structures such as ...