Q: A few days ago, I finished reading the woody plants section in the master gardener handbook. The recommendation was (after digging the hole for a tree or shrub) to backfill the hole with native, ...

Having compacted soils in your garden can make it harder for some plants to grow. Soil compaction happens when all the tiny soil particles are squished together, leaving less space in between for air, ...

Many aspects of gardening are easy to control—like how much water your plants get and how often you fertilize—while other factors are harder to maintain. Unless you're using raised beds and filling ...

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 ...

When you look at the walk-behind compactors in your fleet, chances are you don't think of them as precise scientific instruments. Yet, soil compaction is a science and it requires a certain degree of ...

Question: We want to plant five fastigiata (upright blue spruce) in an area with heavily compacted soil with large percentage of clay content in the soil. The soil essentially feels and handles like ...

Regardless of what you’re growing, spring is an exciting time of year. But it doesn’t come without challenges. Compaction can lead to wet soil that makes it difficult to get in your fields on time for ...

Plant Ecology, Vol. 193, No. 2 (2007), pp. 223-232 (10 pages) Many studies have shown that soil disturbance facilitates establishment of invasive, non-native plant species, and a number of mechanisms ...