The drought not only affects crops and plants. It also may cause problems for your home. "Sticking doors or windows and cracks in walls or ceilings may be indications that the building is shifting due ...

As any avid gardener knows, having the right soil in your garden is one of the most important steps in achieving healthy plant growth. Unfortunately, homeowners with heavy clay soil in their yards ...

Whether you're an eco warrior, a thrifty homesteader, or a farmer with a really full linen closet, this bed sheet hack might ...

FARGO - Widespread flooding, which made the 2011 growing season challenging for many North Dakota producers, continues to pose problems this spring. One issue is managing these flooded soils now that ...

Whether you want to have the lush green lawn, vibrant flower and vegetable beds or happy productive fruit trees now, is the time to think about the soil they are growing in and maybe make a plan to ...

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - The heavy use of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide appears to be causing harmful changes in soil and potentially hindering yields of the genetically modified crops that ...

Good garden soil contains 30% to 50% sand, 30% to 50% silt, 20% to 30% clay and 5% to 10% organic water. The bacteria, fungi and worms in the soil produce substances that act like glue, binding all ...

Amherst Supervisor Susan J. Grelick said Thursday that unstable soils affecting at least 500 town residents are part of a regional problem that needs a regional solution. She called a news conference ...

Food insecurity will not be properly addressed without tackling soil fertility. In real sense, soil degradation in Kenya is at crisis levels. Last month Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Cabinet ...