Your dog provides you with an endless supply of shed hair, whether you like it or not. Using it in your garden may be better ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In Eastern Idaho, gardeners commonly work with silty to sandy soils. Soil texture influences the way water, nutrients, ...

One of the clearest early signals is water ponding on the lawn after an ordinary rain or irrigation cycle. Rutgers and Maryland Extension both flag surface ponding as a common clue that water is not ...

Two Lexington residents brought the question of renaming Henry Clay High School before the Fayette County Public School Board during Monday’s meeting.

Place a cup of soil into a jar, top it off with water, and shake vigorously. Allowing the mixture to settle entirely, you’ll ...

Since you have time now, before planting time, I would encourage you to place about 3 inches of organic matter on your flower and vegetables beds and rototill or spade it into the soil 6 inches deep.

Growing winter forage can improve water quality, reduce soil erosion, add organic matter, break up compaction and provide ...

Beneath the urban landscapes of California lies a diverse ecosystem, teeming with invertebrates and microbes. Soil acts as a carbon sink, filters water and provides essential nutrients to plants.

It's easy to end up with partial bags of potting soil, or pots with soil and no flowers. After awhile that soil loses ...

However, there are many plants that are well adapted to growing in clay soils. So in this video I go through 40 different perennial plants that will grow well in your garden if you also have clay. I ...