It may be that the natural soil occurring in your garden isn't the best option. There are a lot of reasons why using a loamy soil may be best for your plants.

New studies highlight how thiosulfates not only supply sulfur but also significantly reduce nitrogen loss by slowing the ...

An arable and livestock farm that produces its own feed from a working watermill is coming to the market in Dorset in a sales opportunity described as ...

If the clay layer is 50 percent or more (or significantly higher than the other two layers), the soil is too clayish. An ideal “loam” soil is 40 percent sand, 40 percent silt, and 20 percent clay.

The first watermelons appeared in South Africa some 5,000 years ago. From there, they spread in popularity and by the 2000-year BC, they were cultivated and became an everyday food in ancient Egypt.

The land, mostly in arable production but with some grassland and woodland, has sandy silt loam soil over a sandy clay, with part of the farm sitting in a nitrate vulnerable zone.

More farmers would benefit from soil maps, showing the soil types on their property said Horizons soil scientist Malcolm Todd recently. He was talking to about 25 farmers and rural professionals ...

Herbs are a versatile plant for the garden. They are both ornamental and edible, and many are used in herbal remedies. They ...

The soil along the San Francisco Bay, which includes clay mixed with poorly drained silty clay loam, sandy and gravelly loam and bay mud, can cause ground movement that can lead to foundation ...

Niyi S, O., Kristofor R, B., Diego Della, L. and Trenton L, R. (2023) Flood-Irrigated Rice Response to Fertilizer-Phosphorus Sources in a Phosphorus-Deficient Silt-Loam Soil. Journal of Rice Research ...