Brown compost materials are the carbon-rich backbone that lets your pile heat up, break down efficiently, and ultimately ...

Cyclamen persicum, the classic indoor cyclamen, is one of the most popular winter bloomers. Although it is considered ...

The annual carpet of dead leaves can be an important component in gardens. They can serve as root-protecting and insect-sheltering winter mulch or add to a robust compost mix.

Soil production is the conversion of rock into small, mobile particles. This process is a rate-limiting step that controls factors as wide-ranging as the size and shape of mountains, the ...

SWIFT decay, undeniably manifesting itself in many parts of rural England, has evoked divers proposals for changes in farming policy. ‘Extensive’ methods, in imitation of the large scale, fully ...

Susan Bard, MD, is a board-certified general and procedural dermatologist with the American Board of Dermatology and a Fellow of the American College of Mohs Surgery. Cleansing, moisturizing, and ...