As temperatures fluctuate in late fall and the winter season, the freeze-thaw cycles cause soil to expand (heave) and contract. This can force plants, roots, and even hardscaping elements upward. Left ...

Winter may be fading, but its effects can linger beneath the soil, creating quite a mess. Frost heave happens when frozen ground thaws unevenly, causing the soil to shift, expand, and sometimes push ...

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The winter weather poses many challenges for plants, as well as for your soil. You may not know that a repeated cycle of freezing and thawing during the winter can even lift plants out of the ground, ...

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