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New Edition of Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening Available
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...