Many gardeners bemoan the presence of heavy clay soil, but there's a case for its use in your yard thanks to certain benefits ...

If you were to take a sample of your soil and put it in a jar of water, then wait 24 hours, this would be a good indication that you have a heavy clay content. Clay soil would settle at the bottom ...

Encourages microbiological activity for long-term benefits.

Gardeners are being urged to check their soil in February to avoid running into problems growing things this coming summer.

Clay soil is challenging for gardeners and plants. Heavy clay soil drains slowly, retains moisture longer and once completely dry, becomes hard and brittle. Our soil type is known as Coast Prairie ...

Various organic matter sources can be used to enhance soil health. Common options include compost, aged leaves, well-rotted hay or silage, peat moss, composted manure, green cover crops, and untreated ...

For more than 20 years, a bare brown field has not been seen on Motts Farm on the Dengie peninsula in Essex, with crops established using zero tillage.

I have never even seen a vole, but I am pretty certain they are out there – in the garden! Maybe they just didn’t come around ...

See also: Soils improve for Northants grower after a switch to regen No-till was adopted on the farm’s predominantly heavy clay soils in the 1990s because of the challenges in establishing crops ...