Planted forests in China hold more viable buried seeds than natural forests. Soil nitrogen boosts seed density in plantations.

"Seeding has many benefits," says Lanier. Because the soil is exposed, the seed has a better chance of contacting soil. Also, ...

Things to do in the garden this week. Flowers: (Salvia canariensis) is the most robust of the ornamental sages. It grows to a height of eight feet with an even wider girth, and may persist in the ...

The voyage participants went ashore for the first time in the Russkaya Harbor Bay on Novaya Zemlya's Severny Island, the expedition leader Alexander Saburov told TASS from aboard the Professor ...

The Schafbreite site, located within the western German town of Delbrück, has been settled since the first century A.D. The ...

Typically, coconut sugar is a healthier alternative to sweeten our coffees, and in baked treats, but now gardeners are recommending it as a soil booster. This is thanks to its natural properties which ...

Conventional mulch films are often plastic-based or made from non-renewable and toxic materials. In a recent Research article, a team from China introduced a novel biodegradable liquid mulch film ...

Arabic is intimate in its distance. It is Semitic, like Hebrew—its twin in syntax and soul. It is embedded in the names of ...

Climate and weather can also vary across the farm. A sunny day can shift to rain and thunderstorms a few miles up or down the road. “The weather in Missouri can change multiple times a day even,” Ryan ...

Former director of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) and consultant with the Himachal’s energy department, LN Aggarwal, ...

There is a wide range of weed barriers in the market, but landscaping fabric is not the one recommended to use by experts.

Most people don’t think about it until it becomes a necessity or a problem, but dirt and soil are important parts of all of ...