Before you can eat those delicious papayas in your garden, you'll need to keep your papaya trees happy and healthy. These ...

From mitigating soil compaction and reducing erosion, to adding nutrients to soil and suppressing weeds, there are many reasons to plant fall cover crops.

To keep moss from growing in your yard, look to your lawn mower. The "tall" truth is that the height of your grass blades play a major role in moss growth.

Your neighborhood is home to all sorts of amazing animals, from racoons, squirrels and skunks to birds, bugs and snails. Even if you don’t see them, most of these creatures are leaving evidence of ...

With an exotic look and a fast growth rate, bamboo plants can be tempting to add in your landscape. But, some types spread aggressively and soon become difficult to manage. “Running bamboo promises ...

Since 24-hour feral hog hunting became legal in 2016, Shane Kessler has spent long nights helping farmers eradicate the ...

Each downpour brings a renewed threat to disaster-weary Ruidoso, New Mexico, which has been under 13 flash flood emergencies since June 2024. Rather than risk the destruction of their wildfire-scarred ...

To eliminate slime mold, wash it off with a strong stream of water or brush it off with a broom. It will probably come back ...

I recently bought a house in rural East Texas. It’s on 2.5 acres of heavily forested land. I didn’t walk the entire area before the closing, and only recently have I discovered that I apparently own a ...

Learning how to aerate your lawn will help keep your grass looking healthier and greener. Over time, lawns can build a thick and compact top layer called thatch. Thatch forms due ...

The global food system faces growing risks as modern farming practices undermine the resilience of the world's soils, ...

It may seem like lawn chores have slowed down for the season by early fall. But not so fast! Cooling temperatures don’t mean you can ignore your lawn because several common threats to your lawn’s ...