Healthy soil is the foundation of a thriving garden. Soil is not simply “dirt.” It supplies plants with important nutrients, ...

Is your garden habitat-friendly? The goal of a habitat-friendly garden is to provide a natural environment that attracts and sustains desirable living creatures. We often measure our success based on ...

Lynette Abbott continues her discussion on soil health by examining the effects of fertilisers on soil organisms ...

Change the organisms that live in soil and you can change the kinds of plants that grow in it. A field trial in the Netherlands has found that adding a thin layer of soil from a healthy ecosystem to ...

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Got dirt? Want healthy soil instead? While some may use the terms dirt and soil interchangeably, they are not the same thing. Simply put, dirt is dead, while soil is vibrantly alive. Dirt is a ...

A new study shows that cycads, which are in decline and among the world's most threatened group of plants, provide an important service to their neighboring organisms. The study found that at least ...

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