The question I receive most frequently from vegetable gardeners: How much fertilizer should I apply? The second most frequently asked question: How can I get better vegetable yields in my garden? Both ...

Now that summer is a distant memory and fall has settled in, it’s easy to think your garden work is done until spring. But ...

Tweaking the nitrogen level is pretty easy and quick, but phosphorus and potassium take awhile longer to move in the soil and ...

Healthy soil is the heart of thriving gardens and homesteads. Knowing the complex makeup of soil and how to care for it, can ...

Whether you’re preparing for your first garden, planning next year’s plantings after a successful harvest or looking to install a lawn, your first step should be conducting a soil test. “Soil is one ...

The most important part of gardening is often overlooked, and that is soil health. One gardening expert shared an at-home ...

To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...

Ever wonder why you end up with funky-looking misshapen carrots in your garden? The answer, more often than not, is the type of soil that they grew in. There are good reasons why you can't just use ...

In natural areas, such as forests, prairies, and all undisturbed areas not maintained by humans (through practices like ...

Fall is a good time to repair bare spots in the lawn. Learn what steps you need to take to fix bare spots before winter ...

As the results from fall soil tests begin to arrive, it’s time to evaluate what to do next. “The most commonly asked questions we get from farmers when they receive their SCN soil test results are ...

Fort Bragg is starting to test soil samples in residential areas with homes built before 1978 to determine if dangerous levels of lead are present.