To improve the health of the soil you'll need to take a sample, read its nutrients and pH level, then enhance it with whatever additive (amendment) it needs to bring the soil into a healthy balance.

Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing ...

Researchers agree that work needs to be done to understand the impact of changing growing systems on this key soil-borne ...

On Jan. 16, a large smoke plume rose above Moss Landing power plant and Elkhorn Slough. The lithium-ion battery array at ...

When a friend asked me why her lemon tree, despite diligent fertilization, had bright yellow leaves and was failing to thrive, I told her I would try to determine the ...

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Kerala has launched an advanced weather alert system to cope with disasters ...

Master gardener Madyson Black offers tips to prepare to care for seedlings and maintain them until it is time to transfer them to the soil.

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News from around the Southland includes items from Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn, Orland Park, Tinley Park, Midlothian and Beverly ...

NASA's Perseverance rover collects Martian soil samples from Jezero Crater, revealing potential signs of past life on Mars.

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...