Gardeners deal with clay soil in two ways. The first is to amend the soil in an effort to deal with its drainage and compaction issues. This usually involves digging, shoveling in organic matter and ...

Question: We want to plant five fastigiata (upright blue spruce) in an area with heavily compacted soil with large percentage of clay content in the soil. The soil essentially feels and handles like ...

If you’ve ever tried to grow a lush lawn in clay soil, you know it’s not the most forgiving terrain. This soil type is dense, tends to retain water, and can quickly compact, which makes it a challenge ...

If you live on a property with clay soil, then you know how hard it is to grow a lush lawn. The compact structure of this ...

Q: We have had three years of poor fruit production from our apricot and plum trees. We were planning to plant more fruit trees this year. What would you advise us to do to get better fruit? We live ...

Last month’s relentlessly rainy and all-time-wettest May hammered home why well drained soil is so important to good plant growth. So much yard soil in southcentral Pennsylvania is either naturally ...