Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images If you have clay soil in your garden, you know how challenging it can be to work with. Clay-based soils retain ...

There are many different types of soil in our area, but clay seems to be more abundant than are others. On the one hand, clay soil is heavy, hard to work unless the moisture level is just right, and ...

Potassium (K) is essential in various plant physiological processes, including photosynthesis, enzyme activation, and osmoregulation. These processes are vital for maintaining plant health and ...

One of the keys to successfully growing plants in yards and gardens is having good soil conditions, including physical ...

Alkaline environments significantly affect the engineering properties of red clay. Although the effects of alkali contamination on the microstructure and mechanical characteristics of cohesive soils ...

Those of us interested in gardens and gardening are determined to have nice gardens no matter what. Although born and raised in Amarillo, after going away to college I didn’t return until about 40 ...

Boost your garden's productivity with these soil additives.

To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...

There are some misconceptions surrounding how we deal with soil when gardening, and I thought I’d discuss a few in this week’s column: to add, or not to use, gypsum; dealing with dense clay; and ...