CORVALLIS – Adding organic matter is the best way to improve nearly all kinds of soils. If you’re unsure if your soil needs amendments, take note if it dries and cracks in summer, drains slowly or is ...
Following a dry summer, gardeners will be even keener than usual to lavish composts, manures and other bulky organic matter ...
As fall arrives and your garden takes its long winter's nap, it's a good time to catch up on your soil's health, adding the ...
Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, limit ...
I learned this lesson the hard way after Ellison and the Nature in My Backyard team visited my struggling native garden late last summer. After offering their sympathy for my ongoing struggle with ...