I would like to improve the heavy clay soil in my vegetable garden. A friend suggested that I rototill several inches of sand to improve the drainage. Is that a good way to improve clay soil?

Soil conditioner is a type of soil amendment composed of inorganic and organic materials for improving soil. Soil conditioner is best for improving clay soil and compacted soils. Soil conditioner ...

Improve challenging clay soil with these simple soil amendments to help your plants thrive. Heavy clay soil often has drainage problems and compaction, reducing plant growth. Amendments that enhance ...

A black metal shovel is partially covered by soil. - rsooll/Shutterstock I know someone who said the main reason she doesn't enjoy gardening is because she "doesn't like to get dirty." Well, friends, ...

Mediterranean-type shrubs such as cistus, lavender and phlomis are best confined to banks and raised beds in clay gardens.

What is 'no-till' gardening? Is it better for my garden than traditional digging and tilling every year or not? What are the advantages of this method and how can I start using it? This method of ...

This column is written by the UC Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions that recently came into the UC Master Gardener – Yolo County Help Desk. Question: ...

Your landscape and gardens will be no better than the soils you prepare for them. It’s not as glamorous a fall topic as migrating Monarchs and grow-your-own pumpkins, but “soils” need to be discussed, ...

Deep in Iraq's southern desert, bulldozers and earthmovers spread layers of moist clay over sand dunes as part of a broader ...

Leonardo da Vinci famously mused in the fifteenth century that “we know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.” Just as mind-boggling, the U.S. Forest Service tells ...