SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The key to a great garden? Look under your feet and start valuing your soil. “We treat soil like dirt, and they are not the same thing,” said noted soil scientist Steve Andrews, ...

Soils come in many different colors, described by hue, value, and chroma (Munsell color system). Using the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) online Web Soil Survey (WSS) to discover the ...

Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with ...

There are many soil health tests offered by commercial laboratories, but there are several challenges associated with sampling effectively. These challenges include selecting the right test for the ...

Just about everybody agrees that raised beds are the way to grow vegetables in a home garden, especially when your alleged “soil” is lousy clay or construction fill. Raised beds elevate plants up and ...

Get your grow on with these soil-enriching botanicals. Choosing certain plants—like sunflowers, marigolds, and clover—can naturally boost soil health by enhancing structure, improving drainage, and ...