Good gardens start from the ground up, but to be a good soil steward you have to understand some basic terminology. A few important terms associated with soil: Soil TEXTURE describes nothing more ...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Logo. Life // Home & Garden. The dirt on soil: It's about texture, structure and tilth ...

To grow, plants must absorb nutrients from the soil. Not only must these nutrients be present in sufficient quantities, they must also be available for uptake by the plant. Nutrient availability is… ...

If you keep trying to grow food in your garden but nothing turns out right, there could be something wrong with the soil. Try ...

Fortunately, converting dirt to soil is an easy process. Within this context, understanding three commonly used gardening terms – texture, structure and tilth – should help clear up one of the ...

Gardens don’t have dirt in them, they have soil. The difference lies not only in the connotation of “dirt” and “soil,” but in what they denote. In a piece in Science News from 2008, Pat Megonigal, a ...

There's more to soil than just dirt / What's in the ground isn't dead -- there's a complex system of checks and balances. By Deborah K. Rich, Special to The Chronicle Sep 11, 2004.

CLARE TALLAMY: Dirt could be anything, I feel like. Dirt could be rock. Dirt could be like schmutz on your face after being in the field. It’s kind of like soil but not in the context of the ...

I don't know how dirt got its bad reputation. The word is a catch-all for every vile behavior humankind can muster. If you're corrupt, you play "dirty pool." A nasty politician, is a "dirt bag." A ...

Talk about “soil sealing” and how roads and suburbs are literally eating away at the ground beneath our feet. Soil sealing is one of the most shocking things I learned about.

To grow, plants must absorb nutrients from the soil. Not only must these nutrients be present in sufficient quantities, they must also be available for uptake by the plant. Nutrient availability is… ...

Development and maintenance of good soil is the basis for all gardening, therefore successful gardening comes down to knowing the condition of your soil and realizing when it is necessary to amend it.