What is a Backyard Orchard?A backyard orchard is a small-scale fruit-growing area near a residence that offers benefits such as fresh produce, economic savings, and environmental improvements. These ...

Your old potting soil from the past season's containers doesn't have to go to waste. Here are some simple and easy ways to ...

Alpine pennycress is a charming little plant. Its low-growing rosette of green leaves is topped by leggy stalks bearing ...

Crop biotechnology is like giving plants superpowers! It’s using science to make plants better, like helping them fight off ...

Before making leaf mold, you’ll have to decide where to contain it. You can enclose leaves in a chicken-wire surround, pile ...

Nitrogen-based fertilizers are essential for modern agriculture, and compounds like ammonia and urea are also widely used in industry. However, their conventional production and use pose major ...

In some minds, the only thing worse than a bug is the poop that comes out of it. However, disgusting as it might seem, bug droppings are testing out very well as an excellent fertilizer for farm and ...

While most lawn care begins to wind down as the weather cools, there’s still one important maintenance step you need to do. With winter ahead, fall fertilizer is crucial since it not only makes grass ...

ABSTRACT: This study investigates how agroecological practices such as ridge tillage and organic fertilization, influence weed species richness and development within sorghum-cowpea intercropping ...

Fall will officially start Monday on the fall equinox, but summerlike weather will linger a while longer here. Things are starting to change in our lawns though. The growth of grasses like St.