A shovel should slide into healthy soil with satisfying ease. When the blade bounces back like it just struck concrete, the ...

When soils are dry in late summer and early fall, this is an ideal time to perform deep tillage on fields with suspected or verified soil compaction. Remember to look for the compaction zone and set ...

If you have tough soil or hard ground that you need to break up, a mattock is a real game changer. This handy tool combines a pickaxe's digging power with an adze's chopping ability, making it perfect ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Crop fields are taking the 2002 season hard, but it might not require a deep tillage operation to loosen them up. The wild weather extremes that compelled many farmers to plant ...

Discover how to make your raised bed soil last in our expert guide. These 5 steps can be followed to refresh and replenish ...

Soil compaction can bring with it serious consequences when trying to grow anything green. In fact, it can be almost impossible ...

As the preparation work for the maize crop continues, we note now soil compaction is becoming a problem. No doubt the last two very wet years we have just experienced have exacerbated the situation ...

Clay soil is often misunderstood as bad, which is perfectly reasonable when you see waterlogged patches all across the yard. However, although it's heavy and difficult to work with, clay soil can be ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Barbara Damrosch, Special to The Washington Post There are many ways to make a garden bed, but one thing is constant: The soil within it should have the ...