And if you live in the right states, you can get soil testing for free. Most states have some qualifications for the free testing. For instance, New York opened up applications for free soil ...

People with large yards who bag their grass are often only too happy to dump it near my garden. Local farmers are also great sources of free mulch. This might be something only rural peeps like me ...

“Look up ‘free mulch near me'.” This means, paired with local research for finding free plants , you can have the garden of ...

And as satisfying as a perfect green lawn may be, it’s an ecological dead zone that doesn’t support any of the essential functions—like pollination, carbon sequestration, and nutrient recycling—that ...

Q. Could you please enlighten me on the mysteries of mulch? The soil in my raised vegetable beds dries out far too fast in the heat of summer. I was told I needed to place mulch around the plants.

ATLANTA — The Rockdale County soil and water supervisor died on October ... Johnson died at Grady Memorial Hospital. The ME said that due to the circumstances of the incident, the Georgia ...

and even the stability of soil aggregates. At low pH, essential plant macronutrients (i.e., N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S) are less bioavailable than at higher pH values near 7, and certain ...

In this form, the carbon can remain in soils for thousands of years, increasing the soil fertility and acting ... reason to be bullish on biochar in the near-term, though clearly it will vary ...

The Indiana State Department of Agriculture and partners throughout the state have worked with the Gulf Hypoxia Program to develop a no-cost program with a focus on increasing the knowledge and use of ...

Surprisingly, cracked corn, typically spotted in bird feeders or among poultry treats, doubles as a gardener's ally against fungi due to its augmentation of the soil. Cathy underscored the ...

In our new research we used sound to stimulate the growth of soil microbes ... We plan to do more research on this in the near future. We found sound stimulated the fungi, increasing the growth ...

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil, and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper.