This top dressing helps restore nutrients, but it also helps restore volume of your bed, since your soil becomes compacted over time and you lose some to erosion and as you pull out plants each year.

Canada accuses Indian government agents of involvement in "violent acts" aimed at intimidating Canadian Sikh separatists.

The conventional way that gardeners solve bad-soil trouble is by adding organic ... This Weekend in the Garden Another deadly new threat looms for a top-selling shrub This underused spring bulb ...

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil, and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper.

MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin farmers are invited to attend any of a series of Soil Testing and Soil Health Workshops happening this fall across the state, facilitated by the Wisconsin Department of ...

Q. Could you please enlighten me on the mysteries of mulch? The soil in my raised vegetable beds dries out far too fast in the heat of summer. I was told I needed to place mulch around the plants.

Bacterial communities in soil are as resilient to human urine as synthetic fertilizers -- making recycling the bodily fluid as a fertilizer for agricultural crops a viable proposition. Bacterial ...

Drive through rural Minnesota in high summer and you’ll take in a view that dominates nearly the ... to the region’s most prevalent crops. The soil was so depleted, Haslett-Marroquin says ...

According to policy guidelines issued this week, the construction of the embankment of highways requires a huge amount of soil, which at ... Expressway. “In view of successful utilisation ...

Huge amounts of material have had to be purchased to stabilize the soil at Wales for the over US$1b gas to energy (GtE) project, drawing concerns from the opposition and raising questions as to ...

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