As your vegetable garden winds down for the season, it can be tempting to simply let it rest until spring. But what if you ...

Following a dry summer, gardeners will be even keener than usual to lavish composts, manures and other bulky organic matter ...

At the federal level, the Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released a fact sheet in 2024 encouraging developers to minimize soil disturbance, preserve topsoil ...

Most gardeners know that a mix of mineral soil and organic material is recommended for raised garden beds. However, other ...

A new study in Biochar reveals that nitrogen-fortified nanobiochar could significantly improve soil fertility and rice yields ...

Over the years, various methods have been developed to tackle soil compaction. Techniques like composting, applying soil amendments, and introducing microorganisms have been somewhat successful.

From composting to agroforestry, here are six sustainable soil restoration practices that improve fertility, boost farmer ...

Modern farming habits boosting yields today may quietly strip soils of their resilience, threatening long-term fertility and ...

Now that summer is a distant memory and fall has settled in, it’s easy to think your garden work is done until spring. But ...

A research team from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has clarified the structure ...