Most gardeners throw money at the wrong problem. Before you buy another bag of fertilizer, a simple soil test will tell you ...

The soil test provides a starting place for a soil improvement program for the home gardener. Unless you know the problems in ...

Growing a beautiful landscape starts with the soil under your feet. The best place to start building a healthy soil foundation is with a soil test. The results will tell you what type and how much, if ...

A lawn soil test gives you vital information about the health of your grass - here experts reveal why, when, and how to test ...

Soil is more than dirt—it’s a secret financial advisor hiding under your feet. A garden or farm may look fine from the surface, but unseen imbalances in nutrients, pH levels, or soil composition can ...

Cultivation practices such as aeration and sand topdressing are necessary for turf health because they help maintain optimum organic matter (OM) levels. As a general rule, OM levels in the upper inch ...

Minimizing nonpoint source pollution of surface waters by phosphorus (P) from agricultural cropland requires management practices that control both the supply and transport of soil P. The basic ...

Anxious about the rueful state of his peas, radishes and onions, Rod Marquardt arrived at the University of Minnesota’s soil testing laboratory with two lunch bag-sized containers of dirt. “We’re just ...