As consumers flock to garden centers this spring, they will find an enticing array of brightly colored, prominently displayed packages of … dirt. Shelling out $4 or so for a bag of soil might seem ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve ever wandered through the bagged soil section at your local garden or nursery center, you may ...

Your old potting soil from the past season's containers doesn't have to go to waste. Here are some simple and easy ways to ...

Going into the bagged soil aisle at a greenhouse gives us almost as many choices as the cereal aisle at the grocery store. Each bag of soil mix can have a place in one of your gardening projects.

How do you choose bagged soil at the nursery? Topsoil is the outermost layer of soil covering the Earth. An average soil sample has 45% minerals, 25% water, 25% air and 5% organic matter. The soil ...

In September I wrote about an unsettling incident in which I’d found high levels of lead in the chard I’d grown in a backyard planter box filled with store-bought soil. According to the head of the ...

In September I wrote about an unsettling incident in which I’d found high levels of lead in the chard I’d grown in a backyard planter box filled with store-bought soil. According to the head of the ...

So, you've built your raised garden beds and selected the plants you'd like to grow — if you haven't chosen your veggies yet, cucumbers and radishes are a couple of plants that are perfect for a ...

This story was originally published in March 2020. You’ve heard of topsoil and potting soil and maybe even seed-starting soil. Did you know there also are organic soil, vegan soil and soil blends just ...

If you’ve ever wandered through the bagged soil section at your local garden or nursery center, you may be overwhelmed by the array of products. Which one is best for your raised bed or container? And ...