Welcome to module one of the Building Soil Master Course, where Leah Webb describes how you can build your soil over time. She goes over the different components of soil, its chemistry, and the ...

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.

Did you ever wonder how your neighbor gets those beautiful tomatoes every summer? Or how that one house has landscaping that looks so healthy? One secret is what makes a really good home for those ...

Erin Silva is enthusiastic about sustainable and organic cropping practices, but she emphasizes the fundamentals of building soil health. Silva is an associate professor in the plant pathology ...

SEATTLE, WA -- Great gardening begins from the ground up, and in her new book, BUILDING SOIL, soil expert Elizabeth Murphy reveals simple, environmentally friendly methods for maintaining the kind of ...

The young soils of our island vary from ash deposits to a’a and pahoehoe lava. There are a few exceptions where volcanic materials have had the time to decompose like the Kohala Mountain region, but ...

Iowa has the opportunity to play a leading role in meeting two critical challenges for averting the worst effects of climate change. Fossil fuels must be replaced in aviation, cargo ships and other ...