Peter Richards tests the reliability of do-it-yourself home soil test kits. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, local gardener Peter Richards demonstrates how to use different ...

Soil testing is the simple secret that keeps gardens blooming and lawns looking lush. To know the soil is to know the life it nourishes. That is where home-based soil testing kits can help. They are ...

Soil quality is a major component of growing healthy food plots, as well as other things, such as gardens and yards. There are many different soil test kits available for everyone from the one-plot ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you want your plants to grow big and healthy, soil quality matters. Even if you aren’t planning on ...

To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...