What it is and why it is one of the most important contributing factors to gardening success. If you’ve ever looked into gardening or if you’re already into gardening and you keep up on gardening literature, I’m sure you’ve heard volumes of discussion with respect to organic matter. It seems like you can never escape [...]
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At Home Test for Soil Texture
by John on July 7, 2011
We are in the process of updating this post with better pictures that will provide a better idea of the results you’ll see. In the meantime, we hope you have fun following the instructions below! The soil texture field test is something you can do to get a very basic idea of the type of [...]
Soil Texture and What it Means for Your Plants
by John on July 4, 2011
The basic idea: The texture of soils can be divided into three parts according to particle size and structure: sand, silt, and clay. The various concentrations and organization of these three types of particles is what gives a soil its physical structure, and it is the physical structure of your soil that has a lot [...]
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