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 ...

You can sabotage an entire spring garden before you plant a single seed. The culprit does not look dramatic. It does not arrive with pests or disease. It hums in your garage, promises fluffy soil, and ...

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.

In one year, the NUTRO TM brand launched its GREATER GROUND program, which has since trained 60 growers in healthy soil practices and announced a $150,000 grant to help a select grower with transition ...

In Umeå, Sweden, a team of researchers looked at how organic matter breaks down in cold seasons, particularly when snow cover is reduced. The researchers removed snow from plots of land to simulate ...

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 ...

Shenandoah River Basin winner Justin Schmidt of Rockingham County is presented with a 2023 Clean Water Farm Award. Courtesy of DCR. Nine Virginia farms which demonstrated exceptional commitment to ...

A new study reports that climate warming can increase soil carbon accumulation in boreal Sphagnum peatlands by boosting plant ...

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 ...