Permaculture gardening is the only way I garden. It’s about building a healthy, sustainable micro-ecosystem. Permaculture is ...

But gardening has grown on me, and now I know not to use the word “dirt.” “We refer to it as soil, because dirt is a ...

Hailstones have been said to bounce up and down through clouds as they grow. A new study found that many stones take much simpler paths.

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro ...

You might not consider that lawns profit from mulching, but unless you use a leaf catcher each time, you are mulching your ...

Despite a recent stretch of rain, large swaths of Maryland remain parched, with over 3 million residents living in areas ...

Healthy soil is the foundation of our food, clean water, and a stable climate, and cutting-edge science helps us to protect ...

Some landowners negotiated further provisions, such as separating three layers of soil, rather than two. But not all farmers knew to ask for such an arrangement. "A realty with a project like ...

A recent study has dug up evidence of a new phylum of microbes — called CSP1-3 — in a part of Earth referred to as the critical zone. This layer of the planet is where air, water, soil, rocks, and ...

"CSP1-3 are the scavengers cleaning up what got through the surface layer of soil," Tiedje said. "They have a job to do." The next step, Tiedje said, is to culture some of these microbes in the ...

“CSP1-3 are the scavengers cleaning up what got through the surface layer of soil,” Tiedje said. “They have a job to do.” What’s next? The next step, Tiedje said, is to culture some of ...