Learning how to compost can add nutrients to your soil and help reduce waste around your house. Here's what you need to get ...

Soils are becoming severely degraded due to a combination of intensive farming practices and natural processes. As the layer of fertile topsoil thins, it gets increasingly difficult to grow crops ...

In short, compost does more for the flourishing of a tomato plant than any other soil amendment. To add compost, spread a 2-inch-thick layer over the garden in spring before planting. Gently mix it ...

Today, the soil is dark and full of large clumps, with bigger gaps between the particles. Water is now able to reach the deeper layers of the ground. “When you walk across my fields, it feels ...

both near the surface and in deeper soil layers, by promoting plant diversity and increasing the amount of biomass allocated to roots. Grasslands dominated by plants that depend on mycorrhizal ...