Press flowers into clay to create garden-inspired plates that look surprisingly valuable — whether you use a clay-and-kiln ...

As any avid gardener knows, having the right soil in your garden is one of the most important steps in achieving healthy plant growth. Unfortunately, homeowners with heavy clay soil in their yards ...

If your garden has heavy clay soil, you'll know what hard work it can be when it comes to digging and planting. This type of soil has a habit of becoming rock hard in summer when it dries out and ...

A. Understanding soils in New Mexico is a very important factor in gardening successfully here. For gardeners who have never taken a class in soils, here is a brief introduction to soil in general.

Outside the entrance to the Extension Office is one of the largest Argiope spiders I have seen for some time. She has made a tremendous web that shimmers in the light when the sun hits it. This is her ...

CORVALLIS – When you walk about your yard on a wet day, do your shoes stick in the mud? Could you make ceramic pots out of the soil in your garden? If the answers are yes to both, odds are you have ...

If you have clay soil in your garden, you know how challenging it can be to work with. Clay-based soils retain moisture well, meaning they can be slow draining and compact easily. When clay soils ...

It is no wonder that modern gardening takes so much more work than old orchard cultivation needed a century ago in the Santa Clara Valley. Orchard trees enjoyed the weather and the soil, and wanted ...