Soils aren't all alike. You'll be less discombobulated in garden stores if you know how garden soil differs from potting soil.

Q: A gardener friend moved and left me with several bags of ingredients for making potting soil. I have never made potting soil before. What proportions should I use? Do these ingredients go bad at ...

Prep beds and dig planting holes before you go to the nursery and buy. That way the plants you bring home will get in the ground sooner, instead of languishing on the back porch until you finally ...