Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bryan Gardener When shopping at your local gardening center or plant nursery, you'll probably come upon hefty bags of potting soil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Walk down the aisle of any nursery or garden center and you’ll see bag after bag of materials for potted plants or ...

Think of your indoor and outdoor plants a little bit like Goldilocks: They need a just-right potting mix or soil to help them really thrive. And although the words “potting mix” and “potting soil” are ...

Walk down the aisle of any nursery or garden center and you’ll see bag after bag of materials for potted plants or garden beds. But before you heft the cheapest one into your cart, you should ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. I live on the northshore. Can I grow peonies here and be successful? I just ...

Did you hear about the ghost who got evicted from the graveyard? He couldn’t pay his rent because he was dead broke. We all need to stretch our dollars, but potting soil isn’t the place to scrimp when ...

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Which potting soil is best? Potting soil, or potting mix, is a substrate that usually consists of garden soil, organic matter and minerals. Its purpose is to help potted plants such as vegetables, ...

Nancy Adams pots alyssum and petunias in a pot at her home in New Orleans on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (RUSTY COSTANZA / THE TIMES-PICAY) QUESTION: What is the difference between potting soil and ...