Before you dig a garden, it's important to figure out what type of soil you have and then select plants (and amend your soil) accordingly.

Many people are dissatisfied with the soil in their garden. The most common complaint is that the soil is either too sandy or ...

What do glaciers and the Sahara Desert have in common? Both are sources of silt-size particles that interact with wind, sand, and vegetation to form loess deposits. Deflation, the lifting and ...

Soils are composed of a mixture of sand, silt, clay and organic matter. Both the clay and organic matter particles have a net negative charge. Thus, these negatively-charged soil particles will ...