Gardening trends come and go but one that has been steadily gaining fans for some time is the “no-dig” method, where the aim ...

Summer may bring sunshine and ripe tomatoes, but it also tests a gardener’s patience — and their plants' endurance. Amid ...

The increasingly popular method is a way of gardening that is said to help you create healthier, more productive soil - and ...

Wait to dig until soil has drained. Since wet soil compacts easily — especially the clay soil so common in the Chicago region — don’t rush to start gardening in spring.

This is based on the testimony of Greg Alder (gregalder.com) who, since moving into his current home in 2013, has never disturbed the soil where vegetables are planted year after year.

To know if your soil is healthy, you need to dig in and get dirty — literally. That’s why Dr. Shalini Prasad, a professor of bioengineering at UT Dallas, makes cutting-edge soil health ...

Playing in the dirt isn’t just a summer-time activity for kids. It can be a great tool for youth to learn about the soil that ...

Soil is more than just the brown dirt that plants grow in. If we think of the Earth as an apple, the skin of the apple represents the thinness of Eco Talk: Digging into the science of soil ...