Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soil type affects how it retains water and nutrients.Photograph: iStock/Getty Images (Photograph: iStock/Getty Images) I often ...

We'll also teach you how to amend the soil you have so you can grow the plants you want. Depending on where you live, you're likely to have one of six different types of soil: loam, clay, sandy, silty ...

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 ...

Knowing what type of soil you have can substantially aid or significantly deter your chances of success when trying to grow specific plants. The major difference in soil types is the relative ...

If your backyard suddenly feels like a swamp one day and a concrete slab the next, congratulations—you’re dealing with clay soil in the fall. Gardeners either love it or loathe it, but everyone agrees ...

Question: We want to plant five fastigiata (upright blue spruce) in an area with heavily compacted soil with large percentage of clay content in the soil. The soil essentially feels and handles like ...

The best harvest for tomatoes starts with providing the best soil for tomatoes. Far from glamorous and usually lacking ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: We let our front lawn go and purchased Lippia repens phyla nodifora for the lawn replacement. We have clay soil and have no idea what to do with it. We were told we needed to amend ...

Loamy soil is the holy grail, but all types can be improved by adding organic matter I often mention my veg patch’s clay soil in this column, and that’s because soil type affects what we grow and how.