Welcoming butterflies to your garden is beneficial for the ecosystem. Here is one way to use outdated potting soil to ...

Letier recommends a simple DIY method to make a homemade "banana soup" to re-enrich your soil. She says the mixture adds key ...

A garden trowel filled with old potting soil sitting in a bag. - Kate La Carte/Shutterstock Got divots, holes, or bare spots in your lawn, and some old potting soil lying around? Problem, meet ...

The right soil helps container plants thrive, but sometimes we neglect to take the steps to ensure that our greenery is potted in the appropriate medium to support it. Garden soil is an amendment ...

Nutrient-rich potting soil enables you to cultivate colorful flowers or home-grown vegetables. When the gardening season ends, though, you're left with containers full of tired-looking soil with ...

You notice an old bag of potting soil in the corner of your garage…next to a pitchfork, dried-up paint cans, and the transmission from your old ’57 Rambler, and wonder…is this stuff still good? Does ...

Dear Neil: As the years have gone by, I’ve started using pots for growing okra, tomatoes, bell peppers, etc. Do I need to throw the entire contents (soil) out every year and start fresh with new soil?

One of my biggest expenses in the spring is buying potting soil. I use the same potting soil that the greenhouses use, and I ...