On a significant part of its 405-hectare open field vegetable area, the Australian company Qualipac deploys 2 robots.

Black soil has been used for the pitch at Ranchi, and Singh said that such a pitch is usually rich in clay that has Kaolinite, a mineral that helps keep the pitch from crumbling.

Once one of the most difficult colors to recreate in paint, blue was only available to medieval artists, for example, by grinding up the prized stone known as lapis lazuli. By the 1900s, it was still ...

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.

Cucumber beetles can destroy your garden fast. Learn how to get rid of them—and stop them from coming back—with these simple ...

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

Its fruits have a diameter of four to five centimetres, are fairly spherical, and are slightly meaty. The fruits, which are ...

Black Woods Quail Club allowed lead shot from skeet shooting to contaminate Black Mingo Creek and a Georgetown man's property, according to a new lawsuit.

There’s a story of resilience rooted in the sand and soil of Amelia Island. Long before becoming a postcard destination, it ...

Garden designer Duncan Cargill recommends adding bright plants which form a silhouette against shady areas, including “Deschampsia cespitosa ‘Goldtau’ (tufted hair grass) which gives a hazy softness, ...

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

With good soil, you're going to get harvests like this: 1000 cherry tomatoes in one day! (Yum.) For this reason, it is in your best interest to stay away from cheaper composts that are too rich in ...