Amy Ivy has clay-ey soil. Martha Foley's soil is sandy. Each kind can be a problem in a garden: clay is dense and stays wet. Sandy soil is porous... Apr 20, 2015 — Amy Ivy has clay-ey soil. Martha ...

Today I completed a quality test for soil-mineral content using a Mason jar, soil and water. The results were 81 percent sand, 4 percent silt and 15 percent clay. The soil is from the Highland Park ...

To have our best gardens, we need to know our soil. A soil test is the single best piece of information you can obtain for your garden. Here’s my soil test as an example, and what kind of ...

As a kid, I used to think it was very odd that many vacation homes at the Jersey Shore had yards carpeted not in grass, but in gravel. Was this just a ploy to ditch the mower and make more beach time, ...

Q. What is wrong with my tree? I have a sycamore tree in my yard that has severe dieback in the top of the tree. I've noted more sycamore trees in my neighborhood and surrounding area with the same ...

The efficiency of Gafsa and Florida rock phosphates as compared with monocalcium phosphate was investigated in pot experiments with acid humic sandy soils. The soils varied considerably in fixing ...