Composting involves decomposing organic materials to create nutrient-rich soil. A compost pile needs a balance of green (nitrogen-rich) and brown (carbon-rich) materials. Maintaining proper moisture, ...

Organic gardeners recommend using worm castings as a fantastic, non-toxic fertilizer that can boost soil health and help you have thriving plants ...

Soil holds nutrients for plant uptake, holds water and air for metabolic processes, provides habitat for living organisms, and filters impurities. Soil texture is determined by the mixture of the ...

If your garden soil turns into a brick when it’s dry or a swamp when it’s wet, the plants aren’t being dramatic—the soil is.

This is the first episode in our growing food in small spaces series and it shows how to build a raised garden bed made from ...

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 ...

While the practice of no-till gardening is not new, information has traditionally centered on agricultural field crops. Now, home gardeners are catching on. “The concept of no-till has been around for ...

Control freaks (guilty!) can sometimes have conniption fits out in the garden, where everything from the weather to the worms simply cannot be tamed. But a DIY raised garden bed? In many ways, it’s ...

To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...

Pennsylvania’s early-spring soil is typically wet from thawing, snow melt, and late-winter/early-spring rains, foiling eager gardener plans to get out there and get ...