The long-term weather forecast is calling for a continuing string of nice days through Thanksgiving Day. Many gardeners will be able to catch up on garden projects that they may have been putting off.

Fall has arrived and now is the time to fertilize fescue lawns. Our soils need proper nutrients to allow for maximum fescue growth during the fall and early spring. Adding lime to lawns and gardens is ...

If you have been fertilizing your garden regularly for several years in a row, it’s possible your soil may need lime. Lime is a calcium-based soil amendment that farmers and gardeners use to raise ...

I had a question last week during a class at Rufty-Holmes Senior Center about the best time to lime lawns. Our soils need proper nutrients for maximum fescue growth during the fall and early spring.

Soil pH and fertility management go hand in hand when it comes to keeping your lawn healthy and free of weeds. Getty Images / Jiamiao Lin Gardeners will most likely need to lime their lawn at some ...

Applying lime when lime is not needed may have disastrous results in your garden, landscape and lawn. Determining soil pH is important in gardening. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, with 7 being ...

Last week we chatted about soil testing — how to take a proper sample and what exactly a pH test actually tests for, but we left off how to fix our soil should the test identify a problem, either too ...

Unlike nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, you don’t apply lime for plants—you apply it to feed soil microorganisms. The microscopic creatures that are so important to healthy soil cannot ...

When fall comes, most gardeners are busy readying the garden for winter by removing dead and diseased branches, raking leaves, and winterizing tools. Another step that can sometimes be forgotten is ...