Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered what’s been called a “global garden boom,” there has been a renewed interest in various methods and strategies for improving growing ...

Learn how to reuse potting soil effectively. One of the major components to see any type of outdoor garden flourish is the potting soil. And as any gardener knows, potting soil is not cheap.

Soil solarization is a simple and inexpensive way to use the sun to prepare a garden for planting. Solarization involves watering a patch of soil, covering it with clear plastic, then allowing ...

Do you think black plastic covering the soil would help sterilize the area? A: Black plastic won't, but clear plastic might. Plastic sheets 2 or 3 mils thick are ideal for use in a technique known ...

WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including how to sterilize soil, how to get rid of mold or fungus in soil and what it means for your plants.

Among them is soil sterilization as a factor in food production. How to produce the greatest amount of good food has become an urgent problem for Great Britain, and there is little reason for ...

Q: A friend says it is possible to take soil from the garden and sterilize it for use as a seed mix. I wouldn’t mind trying this. How do you do it? SW: There are various methods of sterilizing soil.