While compost is commonly used in vegetable, flower, and herb gardens, home gardeners often overlook the many benefits that compost brings to lawns. Using compost for lawns is an excellent way to both ...

Soil blocking refers to blocks of soil that are used for starting seeds. Benefits of soil blocking include stronger roots, ...

The gardening season is also the composting season. Making your own compost — the dark brown, crumbly remains of decayed plants — is a great way to improve your soil, make use of garden waste and ...

Soil blocks can be made in several different sizes for use with a variety of seed sizes. Small seeds can be started in tiny soil blocks and then moved up into the dibbled holes of larger blocks once ...

Compost bags can be an absolute slog to transport and store, but I think I’ve found the perfect solution: compost blocks. After trying Fothergill’s Enriched Seed Compost blocks from Amazon recently, I ...

Salinity stress is one of the most critical environmental constraints to global agriculture, increasingly threatening crop yields in arid and semi-arid regions. This challenge has significant ...

Maize production by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by declining soil fertility due to low input use and poor nutrient management. This study evaluated the individual and ...