It may be that the natural soil occurring in your garden isn't the best option. There are a lot of reasons why using a loamy ...

Let's start by listing the positives about loamy soil. It will happily accommodate a range of flowers, plants and trees, allowing for good drainage, moisture retention, and nutrient availability.

With its loamy texture, water-absorbing amendments, lots of nutrients and beneficial fungi, it mimics a healthy soil. That’s the quick fix, but if you want a successful garden, start by building ...

Weather conditions and seasons. In hot, dry or windy weather, water more frequently. Trees will need more water in summer due ...

If all those bags at the big box store confuse you, here's how to determine what kind of soil you need for your garden project. Before I became a gardener, the differences among all the soil mixes ...

The question, though, is whether the dry, sharp, glassy, soil, bathed for epochs by cosmic radiation and solar wind, can support plant growth anything like the rich, loamy soil of Earth.