SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The key to a great garden? Look under your feet and start valuing your soil. “We treat soil like dirt, and they are not the same thing,” said noted soil scientist Steve Andrews, ...

Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with ...

There are many soil health tests offered by commercial laboratories, but there are several challenges associated with sampling effectively. These challenges include selecting the right test for the ...

Just about everybody agrees that raised beds are the way to grow vegetables in a home garden, especially when your alleged “soil” is lousy clay or construction fill. Raised beds elevate plants up and ...