How to decide whether potting mix, potting soil or garden soil will be the right choice for your gardening project.

Q: A gardener friend moved and left me with several bags of ingredients for making potting soil. I have never made potting soil before. What proportions should I use? Do these ingredients go bad at ...

Soils aren't all alike. You'll be less discombobulated in garden stores if you know how garden soil differs from potting soil.

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 ...