Before you dig a garden, it's important to figure out what type of soil you have and then select plants (and amend your soil) ...

Salts are natural components of soil, surface, and groundwater. They are ionic mineral compounds, which means they bonded by electrostatic attractions between cations (+ charge) and anions (- charge).

We'll also teach you how to amend the soil you have so you can grow the plants you want. Depending on where you live, you're likely to have one of six different types of soil: loam, clay, sandy ...

What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...

The bulk of soil is made up of a mixture of organic matter, rock and mineral particles. However, it's the air, water and nutrients in the ground that the growing plant really relies on. These are ...

The people of Arequipa face many challenges to their sustainable use of soil and water resources; contamination from past and current mineral resource extraction activities, inadequate management ...

However, the intricate interactions between bacteria, minerals, and organic matter in soil environments are complex and not fully understood.