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 on their garden to feed soil and plants and to boost moisture-holding ...

The condition of your soil affects how it will retain moisture after a rainstorm or irrigation. Learn why your soil still feels dry after a rain and how to improve the problem.

Healthy soil sustains life. Minimize disturbance, keep living roots, boost biodiversity and maintain cover to improve yields, ...

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

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 ...

Coffee grounds are an excellent source of nitrogen, which is essential for plant growth. Adding them to your soil can improve ...

Leaves aren't litter — they’re the forest’s own recycling system, a slow-release nutrient pack designed to feed soil life and shelter small creatures through the colder months. When they decompose, ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, we had to completely reorganize our spaces to avoid close contact. Transparent barriers ...

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

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

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