Nitrogen is a critical element for the plants growing in your garden. They need nitrogen to help them with photosynthesis, the process by which plants get energy from the sun. They also need nitrogen ...

Add minerals, compost, and mulch now and you'll have super-fertile soil come spring. As the busy garden season wraps up, there's one last—but very important—task to tend to: Feeding your soil.

The legume family is a large and diverse group of plants that includes beans, peas, lentils, soybeans, and peanuts. Legumes are unique because they have the unusual ability to add nutrients to the ...

Gloved hands holding compost that has vegetables in it - GBJSTOCK/Shutterstock Ready to give your garden soil the biggest nutrient boost ever? Us, too! Enriching garden soil is a fantastic way to ...

Recently the Duval County Health Department issued a health alert for toxic blue-green algae in the St. Johns River. The cause of the bloom has been attributed to excess nutrients in the river, ...