"This is worth doing a few times around your growing space to check if the soil structure is consistent or varies a lot over the plot," a third advised.

Organic matter is a necessary component of healthy soil. Here's how it contributes to plant growth and how you can improve ...

The mineral components of soil may exist as discrete particles, but are more commonly associated with one another in larger aggregates that provide structure to soil. These aggregates, or peds ...

These are important processes that govern microbial community structure, soil mineralogy, soil solution chemistry , and pollutant fate and transport (Lovley 1995, Sparks 2003). where σ is the ...

Soil loss presents a critical global challenge, degrading ecosystems and impacting the sustainability of human society. Human ...

THUNDER BAY — Lakehead University is building a new soil testing facility they say will be the largest of it's kind in the ...

A study of 82 sites in 21 counties by Iowa State University showed that in the 50 years from 1959, soil structure and levels of organic matter had degraded while acidity had increased.

which leads to improved soil structure and promotes a healthy, fertile soil; by using green manure or growing legumes to fix nitrogen from the air through the process of biological nitrogen fixation; ...

Healthy soil is a must, especially if you sense that the soil structure changed throughout the past growing season. Even if your veggie garden is finished for the season, mulching in the fall ...