Another approach is to bury little paper cups so that their rims are flush with ground level, then fill them with beer. The ...

An Eagan neighborhood is starting to get results from soil sample tests done after elevated levels of lead were detected in the air near the Gopher Resource recycling facility.

Farmers are often swamped with different soil tests, nutrient analysis and data sets that flag up potential limiting factors ...

Anise hyssop brings all the pollinators to the yard, but to make the most of this spring and fall bloomer, add companion ...

For healthy soil and plants, you'll likely need to provide more than basic care -- knowing the difference between soil ...

Gardeners are often told how important nutrients are to plants. But what is a nutrient, actually? “Nutrients are the chemical ...

If you see nimblewill weeds popping up in your yard, you may want to get rid of them. To do so, you need to understand your ...

Water is essential to a healthy plant, but how much do plants need? Testing the moisture level of soil is the best way to determine if a plant is getting the correct amount of water, even after a ...

No Fear of Sandy Soils! There are plenty of plants that thrive in sandy soils: plants that even have "sand" in their name, various Mediterranean herbs, and numerous wildflowers. myHOMEBOOK author ...

Boron Content in Soils Dedicated to Coconut in the State of Guerrero, Mexico. Open Access Library Journal, 12, 1-13. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1113784 . Boron (B) has been relatively recently documented as ...

A farm on clay with 40 inches of rain, for example, will have little in common with a farm in an arid region with sandy soil. Even if farms have different types of soil in one field, they likely still ...

According to the Soil Atlas, over 40 per cent of East Africa’s soils are degraded, with Kenya losing 26 tonnes of soil per hectare annually due to erosion. Additionally, 40 percent of Kenya’s ...