Building a growing garden can be a rewarding and satisfying experience, but its challenges include soil erosion. This natural process, which strips the top fertile layer away, can leave gardens ...

Learn how gypsum improves soil structure, water flow and nutrient balance, helping your fields stay strong and productive.

Brown compost materials are the carbon-rich backbone that lets your pile heat up, break down efficiently, and ultimately ...

Prepping garden beds in late fall can help keep pests, weeds, and diseases from away when its time to plant in the spring. Start by cleaning out the debris and take steps to improve the soil.

Soil is the lifeblood of any garden, and its health directly influences the growth of plants, trees, and flowers.

Students in Soil Science 100 examining wet soil at UC Davis Russell Ranch, October 2016. A teaspoon of soil teems with billions of microbes that are vital to all life on Earth. UC Davis researchers ...

In the basic water cycle, water falls on the land in some type of precipitation (rain or snow). It either is soaked into the ground or runs off into a body of water – storm water or natural.

The Earth Rover Program today launches globally, introducing 'soilsmology”-a novel application of seismology that opens an unprecedented window into the health and structure of soil, one of the planet ...

Agcot highlights particular challenges in sandy soils, especially in Coastal and Central Tanzania, where rapid drainage ...

Mazvita Chiduwa, an associate scientist with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), made the remarks ...