The long-term weather forecast is calling for a continuing string of nice days through Thanksgiving Day. Many gardeners will be able to catch up on garden projects that they may have been putting off.

Fall has arrived and now is the time to fertilize fescue lawns. Our soils need proper nutrients to allow for maximum fescue growth during the fall and early spring. Adding lime to lawns and gardens is ...

Agricultural lime is an important input for soybeans for several reasons. Lime for soil can neutralize yield-limiting soil acidity. It adds calcium and magnesium and can increase soil pH and produce ...

I had a question last week during a class at Rufty-Holmes Senior Center about the best time to lime lawns. Our soils need proper nutrients for maximum fescue growth during the fall and early spring.

If you have been fertilizing your garden regularly for several years in a row, it’s possible your soil may need lime. Lime is a calcium-based soil amendment that farmers and gardeners use to raise ...

Soil pH and fertility management go hand in hand when it comes to keeping your lawn healthy and free of weeds. Getty Images / Jiamiao Lin Gardeners will most likely need to lime their lawn at some ...

Josh Putman, Field Crops and Forage Specialist with the SWNY Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program, shares how fall lime application can help adjust acidic soil pH in preparation for the 2021 ...

When fall comes, most gardeners are busy readying the garden for winter by removing dead and diseased branches, raking leaves, and winterizing tools. Another step that can sometimes be forgotten is ...

In some vertical farming systems, such as no-till and strip-till, you will no longer mix nutrients deep into the soil profile with horizontal tillage. Much like you addressed soil density by removing ...

To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...

In the winter, it might seem like there is not much to do in the garden, but there is one thing everyone can do to set themselves up for success in the spring. That is soil testing, of course. In ...