However, there are gourds that grow in the desert with very little water. Bottle gourds and luffa (which is a highly ...

It's aesthetically pleasing, yes, but there's more to the story about why barns are red.

Sarah's goal is to empower readers of gardening publications to grow practical and efficient gardens using native and non-native plants.

One of the best and easiest ways to keep your compost pile aerobic, or full of oxygen that speeds the decomposition process, ...

Many common weeds are fast-growing annuals that germinate, grow, and set seed in just a month or two. That means just a ...

When Eat Local Sudbury Co-op closed back in 2018, Chantal Lewington and a group of fellow Ontario farmers gathered to discuss their options for getting products to the community. It was a worrying ...

Environmentally-minded farmers are well aware that building up soil carbon is one key to achieving high yields without chemical inputs. It’s through the expansion of global carbon markets, however, ...

The history of the sugar beet has far more twists and turns than you might expect, from Napoleonic orders to anti-slavery movements. One of the newer uses for the sugar beet lies in using a mixture of ...

Raw milk vending machines are drawing plenty of European customers -- and increasing amount of envy from raw milk advocates in the United States.

Soil salinization occurs when seawater from floods eventually evaporates but leaves behind its salt content, which accumulates over years in the soil. With enough flooding, the soil on farms could ...

Rejigger your washing machine to irrigate your yard, rather than send that valuable freshwater to the sewer.

Across the globe, reports of debilitating droughts are reaching all-time highs and the demand for water is ever-growing. What does that mean for the agriculture industry, the largest user of the ...