SHREVEPORT, La. - At Akin’s Nursery in Shreveport, owner Jennifer McGimsey says one of the biggest challenges local gardeners face is right under their feet: Northwest Louisiana’s heavy clay soil.

In an attempt to establish correlation between off-road performance of full-size vehicles and scale models in clay type soils by use of a similitude analysis, the U. S. Army Transportation Research ...

I often mention my veg patch’s clay soil in this column, and that’s because soil type affects what we grow and how. Getting to know your soil is an essential part of becoming a great grower of edible ...

Under the mistaken impression that gardening was about plants, for years I paid little attention to the soil -- this despite a three-year stint working with corn farmers in Ohio. During my first field ...

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 ...

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 ...