Q: My boyfriend has already limed his soil and wonders if he should refrain from adding manure and/or garden soil to his tomato garden this year because he has heard of a gas problem created when lime ...

Question: My dad always put lime on our lawn every year when I was growing up. My wife and I just moved into our first house, and I’d like to know if I should be following in my dad’s footsteps and ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! What a change has occurred in the weather! Fall is definitely here as daytime highs are in the 60s and the nights are getting chilly. Get your pumpkins ...

Soil acidity, often measured as pH, plays a crucial role in plant health and overall soil productivity. Imagine the soil as a complex ecosystem that provides essential resources for plant growth. Just ...

Unlike nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, you don’t apply lime for plants—you apply it to feed soil microorganisms. The microscopic creatures that are so important to healthy soil cannot ...