Purpose of Fertilizers Fertilizers are available in various formulations. There are two primary classes: organic (or natural) ...

Don't throw away your eggshells! Learn how to turn them into a powerful fertilizer with our step-by-step guide on making ...

Soil/Fertilizer: Use potting soil that has good drainage, not topsoil or garden soil. Always premoisten the soil before ...

A homemade, chlorophyll-rich fertilizer known as "green gold" is gaining attention among gardening enthusiasts.

Using fertilizers with PFAS could contaminate soil as well as surface and groundwater ... Given the size of residential garden beds, using biosolids there might not carry the same environmental ...

Crops, Hutchinson and Nathan Winter Extension Educator – McLeod an Meeker counties Information collected from a soil test can be no better than the sample.

Adding soil you buy from your local garden center can be good for your ... wetting agent to support moisture retention and a starter fertilizer that is used up quickly as plants grow.

To improve the health of the soil you'll need to take a sample, read its nutrients and pH level, then enhance it with whatever additive (amendment) it needs to bring the soil into a healthy balance.

Layering, or “top dressing,” garden soil with 2 inches of compost will add nutrients, often reducing or even eliminating the need for supplemental fertilizer. A 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch, such as ...

By Bruce Spangenberg While lawn care maintenance schedules are blank in January, now is a wonderful time to plan how to ...