Before you dig a garden, it's important to figure out what type of soil you have and then select plants (and amend your soil) accordingly.

Corpus Christi (Kiii News) — The South Texas Gardener joined us in our studios Saturday morning on 3 News First Edition to talk about types of soils and which are best for your plants at home.

Gardeners obsess over that stuff in the ground. Year after year, we throw potions and powders at it to break it apart and build it up. But most people don’t know dirt about soil. That’s a big ...

The youngest of our three main soil types, loess is composed of silt, left by the retreat of Ice Age glaciers, that was blown onto the valley's hillsides between 1 million and 50,000 years ago.

However, if there is organic matter (dead plant matter or animal matter, which they also eat) in the other soil types tested, the earthworms might be attracted to those soils as well.

Soil colloids are the most active constituent of the soil and it determine the physical and chemical properties of the soil. They are very small particles which are one-thousandth of a millimetre ...

REDLANDS >> Novice gardeners may not be aware of how varied soil types and the use of soil amendments affect gardening and, therefore, the success of their landscapes. Redlands has three cate… ...

South Dakota has around 750 different types of soils. Producers who know their soil types are better able to determine the appropriate farming practices to use. Jul 24, 2024 ...