CORVALLIS – Adding organic matter is the best way to improve nearly all kinds of soils. If you’re unsure if your soil needs amendments, take note if it dries and cracks in summer, drains slowly or is ...

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It's time again to check out how some of gardening's new products fared under real-life testing in the PennLive Horticultural Trial Laboratory (also known as My Back Yard). The pitch: This is a new ...

In the first rush of spring, lawns leap up lush and full. The year's first mowing can be a challenge when the grass is thick and the ground is damp. By now, however, bare patches are starting to show ...

It’s summer blockbuster time, so imagine a movie-scale monster has buried you in a landslide and then stomped on the rocks until you’re pinned in gravel. You can’t move, and you can’t breathe. That’s ...

For gardeners who heat their homes in winter using stoves or fireplaces, good-quality wood ashes can be a soil-amendment bonus. But if applied improperly, they can be a caustic topping for ...