Starting sweet potatoes indoors is an easy way to get a head start on your garden before the end of winter, but is using ...

This potting mix is a bestseller among the retailer's customers. They've given it over 4,000 five-star ratings, and they say that it's “the best quality” bagged soil for your plants.

When potting soil dries out too much, it gets crusty and won't soak up water well. Methods for rehydrating dried-out potting mix include immersing the pot in water, watering from the bottom ...

If you’re gearing up for summer planting, knowing your soil could be the key to gardening success. Mark Wilson with the LSU Ag Center says there is a big difference between potting and garden soil.

I have been divided over whether to write this column. I’m divided still. But when you lose a child, how can you write about anything else? Sometimes putting things into words is all we can do ...

Jim Shultz is the founder and executive director of the Democracy Center and a father and grandfather in Lockport. He can be reached by email at: jimshultzthewriter@gmail.com.

Clay soil is a challenge, since heavy clay soil drains slowly and retains moisture longer. After the soil dries completely, it becomes hard and brittle, often with fissures on a cracked surface ...

Annual flowering seed mixes are often grown in gardens and parks, but the flowers included may not be the most pollinator-friendly. New research in Plants, People, Planet reveals plant species that ...