Raised beds need good drainage to carry nutrients through the soil to the plants to stimulate strong, healthy growth, but the soil also has to hold onto enough moisture to stop the plants drying out.

As winter retreats and spring arrives, it’s time to prepare your lawn for the upcoming rainy season. Proper preparation now prevents waterlogging, runoff, and nutrient depletion that can damage your ...

For clay soil, organic additions improve drainage and aeration and help the soil dry out and warm up more quickly in the spring. Good organic amendments for garden soils include wood byproducts ...

These soils are found where there is good drainage and soil water is strongly acidic. They tend to be found on the upper slopes of upland areas where precipitation is heavy or where the vegetation ...

Double digging is useful when drainage needs to be improved ... process but is worth the hard work and will result in good soil. The soil is worked to a depth of two spades, rather than one ...

Of all the things I have learned in the 50-plus years gardening — or trying to garden — in our red clay on East Blythe Street ...

“Tomatoes and peppers are really good.” Image Unlike seedlings confined to plastic cells, the roots of one in a soil block encounter ... into a tray without drainage holes; others use a ...

Unhealthy soil induces poor plant performance and growth. Marin County gardeners must frequently amend their soil with mulch ...