Soil compaction is the enemy of all landscape plants. Roots take up water, nutrients, and oxygen from the soil. They also use it to anchor themselves in place against strong West Texas winds. But when ...

A new study led by experts at the University of Nottingham uncovers how plants are fighting their way through hard soil to ...

It can be hard to resist on a sunny spring day, but don’t start digging in the garden too soon. “You can prevent a lot of problems from compacted soil if you wait a while,” said Spencer Campbell, ...

Virginia Tech researchers have developed a soil rehabilitation method that can help fix the compacted, rock-hard soils left behind after land development and building construction. Past work showed ...

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

Last month’s relentlessly rainy and all-time-wettest May hammered home why well drained soil is so important to good plant growth. So much yard soil in southcentral Pennsylvania is either naturally ...

Minimize driving over the soil as a compacted soil remedy to support healthy soil structure by allowing the soil to breathe, drink, and move nutrients around. Healthy soils are much more than dirt! In ...

I would like some general advice on how to be successful with my new plantings after having lots of problems over the last couple of years. Some of the plants I have installed have not been performing ...

With holiday guests arriving at many of our homes in the coming days, you might be wondering how to deter them from parking ...