Soil is one of the biggest expenses when building a garden bed from scratch, but you can significantly cut down on costs with ...

Repurpose your cardboard instead of throwing it away. Do you have excess cardboard lying around your home? Rather than throwing it away, consider using it in your garden. Cardboard is made from wood ...

Lasagna mulching is kind of a miracle, the closest thing to an easy fix for lousy garden soil, suppressing weeds and rebuilding our disappearing topsoil. Added bonus: The vital starting ingredient — ...

Fall is filled with preparing gardens for the following season, raking leaves, and harvesting. Use plant trimmings and fall leaves to create raised beds and a quality planting mix without disturbing ...

When is soil more than just dirt? When you want to grow healthy plants in your yard and garden, the soil is as important a factor as are water and sunlight. You can improve your soil’s ability to ...

Key Takeaways Prepping raised beds correctly in the fall is essential for maintaining soil health and a productive ...

Until you start gardening, “soil” and “dirt” are interchangeable. Once you’ve tried to grow anything by just digging a hole in the ground, you’ll notice that the ground is probably full of clay or ...

What makes good soil? The best garden consists of a rich sandy loam filled with organic matter. Soil is a mix of sand, clay and loam. Unfortunately for many of us in the CSRA, our soils are often too ...

Do you have excess cardboard lying around your home? Rather than throwing it away, consider using it in your garden. Cardboard is made from wood fibers and processed into a thin, strong sheet. It is ...