This hardy native plant does not need much, if any, fertilizer. Too much fertilizer can lead to growth with plenty of leaves ...

Looking back, it’s so easy to see the wrongness of Amache, the place of sagebrush and cactus amid southeastern Colorado’s ...

Assessment of the surface reactivity of natural metal-(hydr)oxide nanoparticles is necessary for predicting ion adsorption phenomena in soils using surface complexation modeling. Here, we describe how ...

Most people don’t think about it until it becomes a necessity or a problem, but dirt and soil are important parts of all of ...

Vegetable plants need nutrients to produce a healthy crop. Learn how often and when to fertilize your vegetable garden based ...

A: Apple trees commonly produce shoots where the trunk emerges from ground level, often termed crown suckers. If allowed to ...

Water. We use five times the amount of water during the summer months compared to the rest of the year. Most of that water is directed for outdoor lawns.

“In the southern portion of the High Plains, sandy soils dominate,” Lewis said. “They are highly erodible to spring winds, which makes this an area that can benefit from the use of cover crops to ...

As the peak of crop water use approaches, farmers across our region once again face one of the most critical decisions in crop production: When and how much to irrigate.

I plant all summer long. Be sure to keep plants moist before planting to minimize stress on the new plant material.

Determining how often to water your grass in summer is easy if you know which factors to consider. The answer will depend on ...

A charcoal-like material made from leaves and branches that collect on forest floors could be a cheap, sustainable way to ...