Maybe you’ve heard about soil amendments and have wondered what the term might mean for your garden. If you want to have lush flower beds or plenty of tomatoes and basil for caprese salad every night, ...

Perlite is a volcanic glass that is often used in gardening due to its lightweight, porous nature that aids in healthy plant development. "It is made from a type of volcanic glass called obsidian," ...

With insect farming projected to produce millions of tons of insects in the coming years, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment ...

If your garden soil turns into a brick when it’s dry or a swamp when it’s wet, the plants aren’t being dramatic—the soil is.

Before you put your garden to bed, consider giving it a winter blanket—aka, a cover crop. Sowed in the fall, these cold-hardy plants work hard to improve soil throughout winter by decreasing ...

Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Thursday, Jan. 29, rolled out the Governor’s Legacy Soil Health and Habitat Program, a cooperative ...

What is 'no-till' gardening? Is it better for my garden than traditional digging and tilling every year or not? What are the advantages of this method and how can I start using it? This method of ...

In the U.S., as farmers wrestle with extreme heat and drought, heavy rainfall and flooding, and erosion—all factors of climate change which can take a toll on crops—there's been a lot of buzz over ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. As we saw in our column two weeks ago, proponents of sustainability ...

The Governor’s Legacy Soil Health and Habitat Program will incentivize farmers to plant perennial grass on marginally productive cropland, to improve soil health while creating wildlife habitat.