You can improve your soil’s ability to support thriving plants of all kinds by protecting it from compaction ... improve the soil by making its texture and drainage more conducive to plant ...

For example, some members of the carrot and nightshade families have deep root systems that can break up compacted soil and access water and nutrients deep in the ground. The onion, composite and ...

Just like all plants, birch trees need to have specific conditions before they will flourish. This is the best type of soil ...

Then comes grazing and soil compaction from excessive trampling by cattle. Compacted soil makes it difficult for water to infiltrate and for roots to grow, resulting in many patches of exposed soil.

It is easy for compacted soils to get water-logged during winter, so if this is happening, you may want to aerate your soils gently using a garden fork to allow for some drainage. Several things ...

Again, the problem is probably related to last summer’s root death or roots that rotted in cold, wet soil over winter. It’s possible that suddenly-brown evergreen was root-dead for months ...

But insights into soil compaction were readily available soon after the 4-acre vineyard was mechanically planted by a machine that made deep rips in the vine rows for planting and applied heavy ...

To prepare the site for the slab, the soil must be made flat. This usually requires moving soil. The soil must also be compacted, so it will hopefully not expand or settle causing cracks to develop in ...

A lesser known herb in the pea family called fenugreek does more for the soil than contributing a vital plant nutrient. Grow it as a living mulch to remediate contamination, reduce erosion, break up ...