by WM EarthCare | Sep 19, 2013 | General, Home Gardening, Tips
It’s once again that time of year when we start to tidy up all those tired, spent plants that gave us their best with flowers and veggies throughout the summer. Before you go crazy pulling wildly, save yourself time and money, and do your soil a favor too by simply...
by Steven Andrews | Sep 19, 2013 | General, Soil Science
In this fourth installment in the Everyday Soil Science series, we move our discussion to two important indicators of soil health that are often overlooked by gardeners and landscape professionals — bulk density and porosity. The weighty subject of bulk density...
by Steven Andrews | Aug 19, 2013 | General, Home Gardening, Tips
Seasonal high temperatures cause significant water loss through evaporation and transpiration from plants. Reserves of soil moisture are at their lowest, causing desiccation of roots and a decrease in soil organism reproduction. Plant a fall cover crop or apply a...
by Steven Andrews | Aug 19, 2013 | General, Soil Science
In this third installment in the Everyday Soil Science series, we move our discussion from soil as a “living” ecosystem “fed” with life-giving organic matter to the abiotic “mineral fraction” comprised of sand, silt, and clay particles. In the soil world, being small...
by Steven Andrews | Jul 25, 2013 | General, Tips
As daytime temperatures rise so does the surface temperature of soil. Moisture is quickly lost at the surface on hot days, even in irrigated soils. An inspection of your irrigation system and freshening up of mulch this month will not only help you conserve water and...
