The monsoons are almost here, and it’s time to start preparing your outdoor plants, so they can thrive even during the ...

Plants that are good at breaking ... Start with a raised bed while you work on amending the clayey areas of your garden. Converting clay soil to healthy soil is a gradual process that can take ...

The altitude between 4,000 and 6,000 feet is classified as mid-montane, roughly between Tahoe and Yosemite. Cooler climate means a shorter growing season. Soil ranges from rocky to clayey, so some ...

In the Spokane Valley, glacial outwash gravels and, in some places, boulders fill the valley floor while the hillside are often a clayey sandy soil formed ... it is decayed plant material made ...

Sandy soil was more responsive to the increase in OM, whereas the effect on clayey soil was almost negligible ... but the effects on soil water availability to plants and its consequent effect ...

Your soil may not need it, your plants may not want it ... If it makes a solid ball, it's too clayey. Wood ash can help to break up clay soil. Healthy soil is rich in carbon, and wood ash returns ...