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New Edition of Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening Available

Teaching Organic Farming & Gardening: Resources for Instructors, 3rd Edition addresses practical aspects of organic farming and gardening, applied soil science, and social and...

Adding Organic Matter in the Spring

Organic matter is a good way to improve garden soil as it improves a heavy soil by bettering tilth, aeration and how quickly the...

Ten Rules for Planting Trees

Before you begin spring landscaping, here are some tips on planting trees. 1. Select the right tree for the site. To avoid serious problems, choose...

The International Year of Soils: Soils Support Urban Life

Although urban soils often have different characteristics than soils used for production agriculture, they still provide many uses and benefits to urban dwellers. MANHATTAN,...

Soil Testing

Most gardeners think that soil tests are done only to find out what nutrients are deficient. However, it is just as important to know...

Raised Bed Gardening

By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture I grew up in the sand hills a little bit West of here where the soil is SANDY....

Start trees off right

Research from K-State’s John C. Pair Horticultural Center has quantified the effect of controlling grasses around newly planted trees. Jason Griffin, William Reid, and Dale...

Soil study highlights diversity and climate-change response

A new international study from The University of Manchester has pulled together soil research to demonstrate how organisms below the ground could hold the...

World Soil Day: Celebrate the Many Benefits of Soil Dec. 5

  What lies beneath your feet shows more activity and tells more stories than you might realize. MANHATTAN, Kan. – In a lab at Kansas State...

Dormant seeding of turfgrass

The best time to seed cool-season grasses such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass is September because the turf has more time to mature before spring...

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