Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida privet is an excellent plant for those who want to grow a tall hedge. It's also good for the environment. Members of the ...

Beneath the urban landscapes of California lies a diverse ecosystem, teeming with invertebrates and microbes. Soil acts as a carbon sink, filters water and provides essential nutrients to plants.

With spring arriving, gardeners are preparing soils for this year’s planting, and many love to apply compost, which can supply nutrients, feed microbial activity, help retain soil moisture and improve ...

To maintain soil that produces successful crops, it helps to give it a rest now and then.That's what cover crops are all about. They prevent erosion, retain moisture, suppress weeds, reduce compaction ...

Gardeners weary of watering look eagerly forward to autumn. October marks the transition from the invariably dry if variably hot summer into the hopefully wetter winter months. Even before the rains ...

Late-winter soil work separates average veg plots from bumper harvests; learn the pro tricks to prepare your vegetable garden for spring success.

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — On the prairie bluffs south of the Minnesota River near this southwestern Minnesota farm town, Grant and Dawn Breitkreutz grow crops and livestock — and soil. Rather than ...

This decades is our last opportunity to turn the tide on biodiversity loss and the recovery of land and oceans. Palm Beach residents can do the right thing by avoiding pesticides and by adding diverse ...