A thriving garden does not start in a plastic bag. It starts in the ground, under your feet, where soil either pulses with ...

Transform your outdoor space into a fruit and vegetable garden. Find out which plants to grow, what kind of soil you'll need and whether to start from seeds or transplants.

To ensure homegrown seedlings are ready for spring transplanting, sow seeds with a long germination time, like tomatoes, in mid-March or about 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost date. Direct sow fast ...

The Beltrami County Soil and Water Conservation District is providing 200 free well water test kits through a partnership with the Red Lake Department of Natural Resources.

Baking soda is a leaf helper more than a soil booster, and in a mild spray it can make foliage less welcoming to powdery mildew and black spot when paired with spacing, pruning, and good airflow, with ...

An early unseasonably warm day in spring is a perfect time to get out there and do some early season weeding. Chickweed and other early sprouting weeds can be controlled much more easily by pulling ...

The old Bray-1 method required multiple samples to provide a full nutrient picture of the sample, slowing the process and increasing the cost. In contrast, the new method, called Mehlich-3, requires ...

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When you buy new cropland, you’re not just buying the soil, you’re also investing in the years of fertilizer, inputs, and stewardship the previous owner put into it. However, are you paying for those ...

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Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with silty to sandy soils. Because soil texture influences how water, nutrients and ...

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