Avocados are notoriously hard to grow particularly in heavy soil (clay). This video shows a great example of how to plant an avocado tree in heavy clay and keep it from dying due to root rot or other ...

On the narrow isthmus of Panama, scientists discovered adding nitrogen to the soil doubled tree growth, providing new ...

King’s lomatia is a single clonal plant that has survived for over 43,000 years. Here’s how it’s outlasted ice ages, climate ...

For tree stumps left behind in the yard, you may want to leave them to rot. However, that could take several years. Here's ...

Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter storm this weekend, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden ...

In her second solo exhibition with Pilar Corrias, artist Georg Wilson mines histories of poisonous plants and their medicinal ...

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Bob Dylan Throughout the recent cold snap, my days revolve around feeding the wood stove. Other heat sources have their place in efficiency, ease, ...

Sports talk radio has a tendency to attract some eccentric personalities who are usually very invested in the teams they root for and the shows they ...

Snow cover provides a heavy blanket of winter mulch that insulates the soil, prevents heat from escaping and keeps soil ...

Kolkata: Residents of New Alipore stepped out of their homes on Wednesday and stopped workers engaged by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation water supply department from digging a narrow pavement strip ...