Poor sub-soil drainage is not just a nuisance – it is a serious structural hazard. In water-rich regions like Durban, where ...

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 ...

The IAEA has a long history of helping countries adjust to salinized soils. In 1978, the IAEA helped develop climate smart agricultural practices to reclaim salt-affected soil that transformed saline ...

Applying fertilizer in the middle of the day when the sun is most intense can cause foliar fertilizers to burn leaves and ...

If the clay layer is 50 percent or more (or significantly higher than the other two layers), the soil is too clayish. An ideal “loam” soil is 40 percent sand, 40 percent silt, and 20 percent clay.

Shanghai engineers are using 432 walking robots to relocate a complex, preserving Shikumen architecture while creating space ...

It was just last October when Swatch Nines decided to try its first event on US soil, and its first event with skateboarding ...

Apply insecticides, especially grub control, to your lawn. Check with your local university co-op extension service (find ...

Once one of the most difficult colors to recreate in paint, blue was only available to medieval artists, for example, by ...

Keep your lawn maintained. “If you’re mowing regularly, the ants don’t like it,” says Benson. “Mowing helps disrupt ...

We no longer have to bust the myth that all pink wines are sweet, but it’s still worth discussing how rosé is produced and which grapes are used to make it. We recently overheard a conversation at a ...