Reich says that while clay holds nutrients well, most clay soils start out low in them. So if you’re digging a new bed, he recommends adding granular organic fertilizer to cheaply provide a ...

By now, you probably know what kind of soil you have out there in your “back 40.” If planting that rose bush brought up wads of gummy goo, you know to call it clay.

The millions of acres scorched by wildfires and left susceptible to mud slides could be shored up by spreading inexpensive granules that a lawn care entrepreneur says will keep soil in place when ...

QUESTION — We live in an 83-year-old, two-storey home in River Heights and before the snow flew this past winter, there was approximately a four-inch gap/space between my foundation and the soil ...

Soils with a high clay content have high CEC values. ... This is difficult to make happen in sandy soil because the relatively large space between soil granules contains lots of air, ...

Cohesive clay or silt-type soils, on the other hand, are best compacted by a trench roller or rammer. "To compact granular material, you need vibratory force," says Peter Price, manager of product ...