Whether you’re planting a vegetable bed, flowers or simply hoping for greener grass, success starts with understanding the soil beneath your feet. Soil is more than just dirt — it’s a living system ...

A recent study shows that Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs), through their high nutrient and microbiological contents, could help to restore deforested areas in the Amazon region. Furthermore, these ...

Discover how to determine your garden soil texture with a simple jar test and choose optimal plants.

Just like all plants, birch trees need to have specific conditions before they will flourish. This is the best type of soil to grow your birches in.

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Just like outdoor gardeners, houseplant enthusiasts often create their own blends of soil for planting. Adding soil ...

The scientists quantified changes in the soil’s pH, texture, and concentration of organic matter, potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminium, sulfur, boron, copper, iron, and zinc over the course ...

"The texture of a soil is its proportion of sand, silt and clay," said James Cassidy, a soils instructor at Oregon State University. "Texture determines all kinds of things like drainage, aeration ...

Manure runoff depends on soil texture Date: March 29, 2011 Source: American Society of Agronomy Summary: A new study investigated the influence of dairy slurry on leaching of manure nutrient ...

Thousands of tiny, perfectly rounded spheres have been seen on the dark soil around the Mars rover Opportunity. The bead-like particles were seen in high-resolution images taken by the craft’s ...