Q. In several different directions I’ve read for preparing plots for planting vegetables in coastal gardens, the advice is to add compost, fertilizer, and lime “except for potatoes.” Why no lime for ...

But they’ve only begun to unravel the complexities of soil across such a large and environmentally diverse state, and many questions still need to be answered before they can develop recommendations ...

A resource at Agricultural Analytical Services Lab at Penn State can be a good first step toward determining soil health.

Understanding the type of lime required for your soil can significantly impact your crop yield and overall soil health.

These six regions in Texas, Washington, and California—including one AVA that has already been approved—have exciting ...

How can technology help map the soil (better), and what role can soil scans and scanners play in this? What is possible?

Prune spring-flowering plants, such as forsythia, azalea, and spirea immediately after flowering. If you wait until summer or ...

Hydrangea blooms are sensitive to soil acidity, which makes some elements in soil more bioavailable to plants while ...

One 5-gallon bucket of dry wood ash is enough to cover 1,000 square feet of garden soil with a ¼-inch layer of ash, which ...

Q: At the rear and north side of my house, my lawn gets mossy. I’ve tried putting lime down to mitigate the moss problem, with little to no results. — Joe Dawidowicz, Suwannee ...

Changing your hydrangea flowers to blue, pink or purple isn't a magic trick. It's a doable science experiment.

What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...