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SHREVEPORT, La. - At Akin’s Nursery in Shreveport, owner Jennifer McGimsey says one of the biggest challenges local gardeners face is right under their feet: Northwest Louisiana’s heavy clay soil.

Cole Mills and Michelle Tashima’s backyard in North Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood looked like a marsh after heavy rains. Now, water no longer puddles on the surface. Instead, it funnels into a ...