Following a dry summer, gardeners will be even keener than usual to lavish composts, manures and other bulky organic matter on their garden to feed soil and plants and to boost moisture-holding ...

Small seedlings grow in the newly cultivated soil. Italy. Europe. (Photo by: Daniele Orsi/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) There is a rapidly accelerating global call to protect ...

Is growing your garden starting to drain your wallet? One TikTok user shares a budget-friendly soil-saving hack that not only helps plant lovers save money but also helps reduce household waste.

It can be hard to resist on a sunny spring day, but don’t start digging in the garden too soon. “You can prevent a lot of problems from compacted soil if you wait a while,” said Spencer Campbell, ...

The risks associated with climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity are significant global problems. The interconnected nature of these problems is increasingly recognized, and at COP28 ...

Conservationists in England are collecting cores of soil from an ancient woodland… so they can transplant them into a newly established site. The goal is to reintroduce missing fungi species in the ...

University of Missouri Extension agronomist Todd Lorenz said a simple soil test helps farmers kick the habit of routine fertilization resulting in wasted money and poor crop performance. Soil tests ...

IOWA TRIBE OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA RESERVATION, Kansas — When one of the elders in the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska asked if he could keep bees on the reservation, Tim Rhodd’s answer was ...

In the fall, the potting soil in containers is usually depleted of nutrients and compacted. Reusing potting soil again the next year is therefore not recommended. At most, you can recycle the soil of ...

On a clear, bright day in March, a few dozen people gathered in Parliament Square in central London, many of them wearing green T-shirts and carrying signs emblazoned with the words “Save Soil.” They ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. On a clear, bright day in March, a few dozen people gathered in Parliament ...