The most common mistake by home gardeners is not having their soil tested before applying fertilizer or lime. I often hear “you can’t put down too much lime” from those that never test their soil.

Dec. 20—Jasper County has been forced to focus its efforts on replacing bridges located along paved farm-to-market routes, and as a result county engineer Michael Frietsch on Dec. 12 requested soil ...

WILLMAR -- An experimental test that will involve drilling a vertical soil boring and taking water samples every five feet from contamination plume at the Kandiyohi County landfill will proceed.

To grow good plants, you need good soil. The only way to tell what your soil really needs is to take a soil test. Applying too much fertilizer could be detrimental to your plants. You could waste ...