Water passes through sandy soil like a sieve—any plants growing in sandy soil must be drought-tolerant, because water passes ...

Keep your front yard tidy and welcoming with these low-maintenance, compact, deer-resistant landscaping plants.

Weeds often pop up in the most inconvenient of locations in gardens. Patios, flowerbeds, lawns and driveways are prime locations for weed growth.

Potassium deficiency occurs frequently in plants grown on sandy soils resulting in a number of symptoms including browning of leaves, curling of leaf tips and yellowing (chlorosis) of leaves ...

We are ready to begin a new gardening season. Think back to your last gardening season. Think back to your last gardening experience. Did your plants do well? If not, the problem could be light, ...

dead plants and animals, air and water. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has large particles. These create lots of small ...

It usually has a sandy brown colour and is easy to dig over. Water-logging is rare on such soils as they are very free-draining and, accordingly, watering and feeding of plants is needed on a ...