To improve the health of the soil you'll need to take a sample, read its nutrients and pH level, then enhance it with whatever additive (amendment) it needs to bring the soil into a healthy balance.

When I started gardening, I assumed you could put seeds in dirt, add water and watch them grow into plants. That uneducated ...

Adding too little fertilizer or the wrong fertilizer could produce little or no results. Therefore, for optimum plant growth, testing your soil pH and nutrient status every 3 to 5 years is highly ...

You can take a soil sample for testing whenever the soil is not frozen, and you have not recently applied fertilizer. Fall is an excellent time as it allows you to implement the soil test results ...

Soil testing every 3-5 years is a good way to make sure your lawn and garden are getting ... Tricia Herr, ANR Educator, collects the sample at your property. Tricia can schedule Monday-Friday between ...