If you live on a property with clay soil, then you know how hard it is to grow a lush lawn. The compact structure of this ...

It’s summer blockbuster time, so imagine a movie-scale monster has buried you in a landslide and then stomped on the rocks until you’re pinned in gravel. You can’t move, and you can’t breathe. That’s ...

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 ...

Redditor RI-Lawn-Guy shared the gardening tip in a viral post. After depending on chemical looseners for years, the effectiveness of the alternative was a pleasant surprise. "I've used expensive soil ...

Foot traffic, lawn mowing and vehicular traffic can all cause soil compaction. These movements seem like minor weight on the ground to actually compress the soil tightly, but it does. Compacted soils ...

Jane shows us how to avoid compacting your soil, how to tell when it is, and what you can do to fix it. Ideally soil has air pockets to allow moisture, worms, roots and microbes to pass through. When ...

Soil compaction is considered a consistent problem in modern agriculture. When soils are compacted, we know, plants don’t grow as well. Exactly why that happens, though, has generally just been ...

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 ...

A survey was recently distributed to University of Connecticut students regarding their knowledge and concerns about soil compaction and its effects on the nearby Willimantic community. The survey was ...

My lawn is 50 years old and has never been aerified. When is the best time to do this and is there a particular type of aerification that is best? --D.H., Liverpool. Dear D.H.: Aerification is a ...

A LAWN care fan has shared an affordable buy that helps break down compacted soil. They explained that it works just as well as more expensive chemical looseners and saves them money. Please provide a ...