It can be hard to resist on a sunny spring day, but don’t start digging in the garden too soon. “You can prevent a lot of problems from compacted soil if you wait a while,” said Spencer Campbell, ...

What Is No-Dig Gardening? While it might seem counter-intuitive to grow a garden without digging, take a moment to consider how forests and meadows grow in nature with no help from us. Leaf litter and ...

Soil health and climate-smart practices are the latest evolution of Pasa’s purpose. The Soil Health Benchmark study helps farmers measure and monitor their soil in three areas: physical attributes ...

MINOT, ND (KXNET) — Over the course of two days, one research extension center is taking a deep dive into everything soil and water-related. The NDSU Extension and the North Dakota Soil Water ...

One hundred years after the Dust Bowl blew away topsoil from nearly 200 million acres of American farmland, farmers and ranchers are slowly entering into a new relationship with the soils beneath ...

5 things to do in the garden this week: Fruits. Strawberry tree is a moniker attached to two arboreal species. One of them (Arbutus unedo) is a popular ornamental tree prized for its domed canopy and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Soil health may not sound like a major issue if you don’t live or work on a farm. “We don’t have a food shortage yet, but we’re on our way if we don’t take care of our soil,” said ...

As days become warmer, gardeners get ready to dig. But digging too soon can be a mistake, according to experts at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “There’s a danger that you will compact the soil by ...