Lin moved to Savannah in 1993 to take the job as on-call geotechnical engineer for Georgia Port Authority’s major projects. After a career spanning three decades and more than 3,000 projects, tackling ...

The foundation of any happy garden is the soil. In fact, some might argue that a gardener’s job isn’t to grow plants but to cultivate healthy soil. In our desert, we are lucky to have plenty of ...

MADISON, WI, DECEMBER 1, 2008 -- Soil researchers pay close attention to bulk density, as it is one of the most common soil measurements and it is often used as a measure of soil quality. A soil's ...

Last week we talked about the benefits and attributes of great soil. It is dark, crumbly, contains a good amount of organic matter, smells great, and is full of both microscopic and visible organisms, ...

It comes as no surprise to architects and engineers that clay-rich soils which retain lots of moisture are unstable. Clay soils have a water-holding capacity of about 1.35-2.5 in. of water per foot of ...