Picking ripe tomatoes straight off the vine is one of my favorite pastimes. Nothing compares to the flavors, whether I pop ...

When I was studying horticulture, loamy soil was flagged up as the most desirable type of soil since it incorporates a perfect mix of sand, silt and clay. So if you're looking for the best plants ...

I had romantic notions of putting a spade into the garden and discovering loamy soil with happy worms. It’s more likely that your yard has poor soil, as a result of both the nature of the local ...

Acid soils have a pH of below seven, neutral is pH7 and alkaline is above seven. Loamy soil - often seen as the ultimate garden soil because most plants will grow in it, this is brown and crumbly ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a ...

loamy soil once the materials have decomposed. Stuff that might end up in the trash — garden waste, grass cuttings, kitchen scraps and newspaper — turn into nutrient-rich soil to grow a wide ...

READ MORE: Spring-flowering plants to give your garden a ‘cheerful display’ now Loamy soil Loam is made up of an equal mix of sand, silt, and clay soil, making it "ideal" for planting.