Composting & soil improvement

Lawn Aeration

Air spaces in the soil under your lawn help grass roots get the nutrients they need. If your soil in compacted, aerating your lawn with a ...

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Types of Plant Food

Pick the right fertilizer for your plants.

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6 Leaf Disposal Tricks

Leaf disposal doesn't have to be the end of the story for your leaves. Find out how to put them to good use.

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Add Organic Matter to Your Lawn and Garden

Organic matter makes your soil healthier, and that makes your plants healthier.

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Gardening in Raised Beds

Some soil is just too lousy for gardening. In that case, it makes sense to garden in raised beds filled with good soil.

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Taking a Soil Sample

How to collect soil to send to a testing lab.

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Solving Soil Drainage Problems

Several different conditions can cause poor drainage in soil. Solutions to drainage problems depend on what is causing the problem, but ...

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Raising Soil pH with Limestone

In the East, limestone mellows that acidic soil. But to prevent damaging your soil, know your soil pH before applying lime; a professional ...

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Raised Beds Solve Soil Problems

You can rise above just about any soil problem by building a raised bed on it and filling it with good soil. And you can make a raised bed ...

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Lowering Soil pH with Sulfur

If your soil is alkaline, add sulfur for a short-term fix.

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