There's no doubt about it; working in heavy clay soil is a pain in the back. It sticks to your shoes (and tools) and can be more challenging than gardening in sandier soil. However, despite all the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soil type affects how it retains water and nutrients.Photograph: iStock/Getty Images (Photograph: iStock/Getty Images) I often ...

You know you have clay soil if it sticks like glue to your shoes and garden tools when wet and forms rock-hard clods when dry. You are not alone; the soil in many areas of Marin is high in clay ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images If you have clay soil in your garden, you know how challenging it can be to work with. Clay-based soils retain ...

Here's the dirt: humans have been eating soil for two million years. It was never as weird as it sounds.

Clay-heavy soils contain large quantities of fine-grained clay particles that clump together and cause drainage issues, soil compaction, reduced plant growth, and other problems. However, with a bit ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Soil is soil, right? In some years, the dirt in your garden yields decent tomatoes and pretty marigolds while in other years nothing much grows. (Maybe ...

The Penn State Extension of Berks County Master Gardeners will be featuring questions and answers to inquiries received through their Garden Hotline. As spring is approaching, the Garden Hotline has ...