Soil testing

Knowing what's in your dirt is an easy way to green up your thumb, but the test isn't a no-brainer. Here are some techniques to ace your soil test.

Soil testing tells a story. It reveals a lot about the health of your soil and what's in it. Or, more importantly, what's NOT in it.

Home gardeners test their soil to help plants grow. But soil testing also helps construction pros build. Learn all about soil testing here.

Whether you have loose, nutrient-dense soil or something more like modeling clay, the way you treat it could be making it worse.

Applying compost to soil helps plants fight erosion, pests, and disease. Brew your way to a hardier, healthier garden using this guide to compost tea.

Getting a soil test is a great way to measure its health and fertility. So how often should you do a soil test and what does a soil test show? To answer these questions, this article will help.

Dig into these 6 infographics on soil health. From soil disease to soil microbes, each infographic describes what soil health means to plant health.

Your plants will be healthier, more robust and easier to care for if you build healthy soil.

Soil pH isn’t something that should be overlooked, and should be checked each year when you send a soil sample off to a lab for testing. Fortunately, testing soil pH is even easier than testing soil composition and is just as simple to adjust once you have your results.