It's easy to end up with partial bags of potting soil, or pots with soil and no flowers. After awhile that soil loses ...

Aim to buy fresh material, as quality falls off after six months ...

Potting soil plays a central role in backyard gardening during the summer months. That’s when gardeners are installing new beds, refreshing old beds, and planting seeds and starts. Roll around to the ...

Using potting soil from previous gardening seasons might seem like a practical way to save time and money, but is it safe? We ...

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Commercial potting mix fresh from the bag is safe to use without prior sterilization. Used potting mix is potentially contaminated with weed seeds, pests, or pathogens, and needs to be sterilized. To ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. My vegetable garden is all in containers. I use a commercial potting ...

Which potting soil is best? Potting soil, or potting mix, is a substrate that usually consists of garden soil, organic matter and minerals. Its purpose is to help potted plants such as vegetables, ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. In ...

I'm sure my grandparents never heard of Miracle-Gro. To them, "miracle grow" meant their gardens survived the drought and grasshoppers of the 1930s and yielded enough food to store through winter.

Learn how to safeguard your houseplants from the threats to soil a soil scientist says are most likely to kill your plant babies prematurely. Since Oprah, there have been many other plants that have ...

It’s not a bad idea to be conservative. Whether we are talking about environmental conservation or being fiscally conservative, as gardeners, there are decisions we can make to conserve money and ...