A person holds two overflowing handfuls of rich brown soil. - William Edge/Shutterstock We can all imagine what healthy soil looks like: Rich, crumbly, and dark brown, bursting with nutrients and ...

A garden with red flowers and orange marigolds - Basieb/Getty Images Self-seeding flowers are the gift that keeps on giving for gardeners, especially when you can't decide between perennial plants ...

Imagine the dusty red dirt of the Utah desert, the dark spongy soils of the Cascades’ old-growth forests, or a gray sandy path through some lanky Florida pines. A glance at any of these soils can help ...

Soils come in many different colors, described by hue, value, and chroma (Munsell color system). Using the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) online Web Soil Survey (WSS) to discover the ...

Ever wonder if your garden is thriving more than you realize? Sometimes, the best clues are right under your feet. Soil is more than just the stuff that gets under your fingernails. It’s the hidden ...

WEST MICHIGAN — Now that Labor Day is behind us, some may be thinking ahead to fall. We still have weeks before peak colors arrive in West Michigan, but current conditions can actually impact our fall ...

Without t.p.; title and author from ms. note on first page. Text leaf captions all begin: Provisional names for soil colors ... Apparently produced in co-operation with personnel of the USDA soil ...