Soil is at the Root of Many Common Garden Problems
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By BARRY FUGATT  Get the soil right and you can successfully grow everything from cacti to tropicals. Get it wrong and virtually everything in the garden struggles.    Gardening ought to be fun. It isn't, however, if our plants don't perform well.
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Q:I HAVE oak fungus in my flowerbed. The more I try to dig it out the more it spreads.
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The spread of pollen or seeds from genetically engineered plants is evolving from an abstract scientific worry into a significant practical problem.
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Clearing tropical forests to grow crops leads to a downward spiral in nutrients within the soil, a study suggests.
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By KRIS DUDLEY World Staff Writer  It's too cold to plant, but gardeners can make compost -- and plans   Snow and ice still covers many of the yards and gardens in Oklahoma, but those with green thumbs may be itching to get something growing.
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By Martin Hickman  Shoppers are being encouraged to solve the problem of excess packaging by taking direct action and dumping trays and wrappers in their gardens.
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By Cynthia Sewell, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 4--A group of farmers, ranchers, timber companies, conservationists and sportsmen are working together to save farm and ranch land from development.
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If your image of a garden club is limited to ladies planting azaleas in the town square, think again: The National Garden Clubs is supporting a reforestation effort that includes areas hard-hit by wildfires and other natural disasters.
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By LOVELL-SMITH Mary  Canterbury's rural firefighters are calling on residents to clean up their gardens after the cool, wet spring, which, says spokesman Tony Teeling, has resulted in excessive vegetation growth and significantly increasing fire risk.
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A report calling for more building on green belt land in England is criticised by environmental groups.
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The sudden boost trillions of cicadas dying en masse give to North American forest soils is apparent from a new study.
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Extreme weather, drought and spreading disease are on the horizon if something isn't done to rein in the human impact on the environment, a new study says. By the Associated Press.
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ATLANTA - Navigating a patch of sodden soil just off a busy north Atlanta road, Alice Champagne is in search mode. She points to the foundation of a mansion built too close to a stream and a silt fence that needs to be wider.  Ms.
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Some homeowners learn from their mistakes. Others don't.
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The rise in new homes built in gardens is increasing the risk of further flooding, an independent reviewer warns.
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The UK's legion of gardening fanatics have been warned to get ready for global warming which threatens to spoil the traditional English country garden.
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By The Garden Path, Tim Elkner, Daina Savage  Editor's note: This gardening column is written by Daina Savage, Intelligencer Journal correspondent, and Tim Elkner, Lancaster County Horticulture extension agent.           Hurricane effect. Thank goodness for Ernesto residuals.