Gardeners love loam soil because it's moist, soft and full of nutrients. Here's how to get more of it in your garden beds.

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 ...

Explore why mulch catches fire.) Topsoil is made up of sand, clay and silt. The proportions vary. An ideal topsoil, called ...

Fertilizers and compost are important additions to a garden. Fertilizers contain the big three—nitrogen for green growth, ...

When European-American settlers first began ploughing in Iowa, they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil ...

Area farmers are learning how the sediment left behind from Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters will impact their crops. Sand, silt, and rock are just some of what ...