The soil in garden beds settles over time and loses nutrients. Add new soil to your garden beds each year to keep them topped ...

Key Takeaways Prepping raised beds correctly in the fall is essential for maintaining soil health and a productive ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Unfortunately, we have hit a dry spell throughout the last six weeks here in the ...

Composting takes time and work if you want to add it to your garden as soil enrichment. While it can be a great way to boost and enrich the soil in your garden naturally, it can take months for the ...

Fall leaves are like a dividend you can invest back into your soil as compost and mulch. Depending on your outlook on life, the leaf fall in autumn can either be a nuisance or a blessing. It’s a ...

The conventional way that gardeners solve bad-soil trouble is by adding organic matter such as compost, leaves, grass clippings, and/or rotted manure – or bypassing in-ground planting altogether with ...

Soil tests are essential to set your plants up for success - they'll tell you exactly how to amend your soil for the best ...

Oats, winter wheat, cereal rye, and barley are all cool-season soil-feeding cover crops. Their dense growth rate covers soil ...

When you think of improving the soil, you may imagine planting cover crops or utilizing minimal tillage systems that allow microorganisms to thrive. And while these practices can help make the soil a ...

Now that we have experienced the first frost of the season, and the growing season for most garden and home landscape plants has come to an end, we as gardeners tend to start thinking about things we ...

The cooler weather of fall motivates many gardeners to get out and plant! But, a major task that should be done a season ...