As the winter months settle in, more of us are noticing condensation on the windows and a general excess of moisture in the ...
If soil is dry and cracked, moisture-stressed trees, shrubs and perennial flowers are more likely to be injured during the ...
Watering is the number one maintenance task that you need to do with plants, especially plants being grown in pots. You can either water plants from the top or bottom and each has unique benefits.
Plants may have no muscles, but they can grow upwards against the strain of gravity and their roots can even shift soil and rocks – because their cells can absorb water to form strong structures. Now ...
Q: The plants in my raised bed keep wilting, sometimes just a couple of hours after I have watered. I water until water pools on top and starts to run off the edges of the bed. My neighbor suggested I ...
Plants which can help make a garden flood resilient include river birch (Betula nigra), a fast-growing medium-sized tree with ...
Aquaponics is a food production system that couples aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as fish in tanks) with ...
Exactly how much and how often to water indoor plants in winter can be tricky to figure out. On one hand, houseplants grow slower in winter and generally need less water at this time; however, leaves ...
They trap sediments, absorb excess nutrients and turn pollutants into less harmful substances. Now, the list of pollutants ...
Microplastics and nanoplastics in soils are a growing environmental problem. The extent to which agricultural crops absorb ...