Most questions I’m getting now revolve around irrigating landscape trees. I think my message about planting in wet soil and keeping plant roots wet during planting has gotten through to most people.

Understanding the relationship between plasticity of muddy soil and earth pressure can be crucial to maintaining tunnel stability and predicting ground behavior during earth pressure balance (EPB) ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Water is the most essential resource for life, for both humans and the crops we consume.

SAN ANTONIO – Fresh rain finally hit San Antonio, but that water can cause your home to shift under the muddy soil. Foundation experts say the soil under your house is like a sponge. After the summer ...

Having a mudpit for a backyard is no fun. Mud is slippery, messy, and a total eyesore. As with most things, knowledge is often key to discovering a solution. Knowing why your yard is muddy, and ...

Infrastructures often suffer severe damage due to geotechnical hazards of both natural kinds such as floods or earthquakes and man-made ones like underground construction work and excavations. The ...