Clay soils have the advantage of being very fertile and holding water in summer ...

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Colder weather continues lingering in our area and will be around for at least two more weeks, according to several 30-day weather forecast sites! Spring could be near at hand, as a couple extended ...

CORVALLIS – When you walk about your yard on a wet day, do your shoes stick in the mud? Could you make ceramic pots out of the soil in your garden? If the answers are yes to both, odds are you have ...

Add as much organic material to your heavy clay soil as possible to help it return to its native state. Then you’ll have a better chance to grow healthy, lovely plants such as these SunPatiens. Adele ...

Clay often gets bad press in gardening books. But clay soils can be the best in the garden, depending on the type of clay and how it's managed. By understanding clay and what gives it its unique ...

As any avid gardener knows, having the right soil in your garden is one of the most important steps in achieving healthy plant growth. Unfortunately, homeowners with heavy clay soil in their yards ...

When Amanda Sinclair and Sam Cramer moved into their south Hobart home in 2017, they wanted to turn their giant lawn into a food forest. But first they had one big, heavy, dense hurdle to overcome: ...

Coloradans love to hate their clay. It sticks to shovels in clumps as large as their heads. It parts only for the monster taproots of hated weeds. It chokes turf, suffocates shrubs, drowns herbs. It ...

Both extremes in soil have their advantages and shortcomings. These soils act the way they do mostly because of the size of the particles that make them up. Sand particles are relatively large (by ...

In order for plants to thrive, soil should be well aerated, rich in nutrients and organic matter, and although free draining, it should still retain some moisture – but unfortunately this isn’t always ...