Are you struggling to produce the best crops in your fields, the best vegetables in your garden or even the nicest yard in the neighborhood? Or even just curious what the nutrients were in your soil?

Did you hear about the guy who complained that his coffee tasted like dirt? The waiter reminded the customer that he had insisted his coffee be made with fresh ground. Whether we call it the ground, ...

In my 40 years of teaching and consulting, one of the biggest and most frustrating problems I continually encounter is when so called “landscape professionals” and homeowners continue to apply annual ...

Discover why you should test your soil in January, with insights from a garden expert. Get ahead of the growing season by ...

A lot of this comes down to a few myths that are passed down by neighbors, family, and well-meaning advice on the internet.

The Penn State Extension of Berks County Master Gardeners will be featuring questions and answers to inquiries received through their Garden Hotline. As spring is approaching, the Garden Hotline has ...

Now is a great time to bring in a soil test and get ready for this year. Soil amendments often take months to affect the soil. If you take your tests now, you will be well on your way for 2022 with a ...

April is almost here and temperatures are starting to increase. Warm season turf grasses (St. Augustine, Bermuda, Zoysia, etc.) will be starting to green up. I get questions from people asking, what ...

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 ...

Cool-season grasses — bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass — are best seeded in early September. Seeds germinate and grow rapidly in the warm soil, and fall-seeded lawns have an opportunity to establish, ...

If you live on a property with clay soil, then you know how hard it is to grow a lush lawn. The compact structure of this ...

You can buy the best grass seed, but if you scatter it over poor soil, you've wasted your money. Guarantee a successful lawn ...