Picking rocks out of Missouri dirt may be a never-ending endeavor, but what about gardening in clay soil? This week's column ...

The drought has taught many gardeners at least one thing: The hassles of working with clay soil. Rather than despairing, though, there is a fairly painless way to improve the problem — clay-busting ...

Clay soil can present several challenges to gardeners due to its density. One way to amend compacted clay soil is with a ...

As any avid gardener knows, having the right soil in your garden is one of the most important steps in achieving healthy plant growth. Unfortunately, homeowners with heavy clay soil in their yards ...

When Amanda Sinclair and Sam Cramer moved into their south Hobart home in 2017, they wanted to turn their giant lawn into a food forest. But first they had one big, heavy, dense hurdle to overcome: ...

I often mention my veg patch’s clay soil in this column, and that’s because soil type affects what we grow and how. Getting to know your soil is an essential part of becoming a great grower of edible ...

Q:We are trying to install a water garden pond in our yard. We dug the hole in hard clay soil down to 3 feet in one area. We installed a pond liner and started installing stones in and around the pond ...

The approach of spring has people eager to go out and get their hands in the soil. ”Don`t be a sissy,” says John Dotter, community garden coordinator at Emma Prusch Farm Park in San Jose, Calif. ”Take ...

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...