FEBRUARY is a good month to start thinking about potatoes – and how you’re going to plant them. Gone are the days when the ...

The best potato varieties are tasty and high yielding. The rigorous Which? trials reveal the best ones, plus tips for how to ...

When conditions are right, a space develops under the snow that is used by a variety of invertebrates and small rodents all ...

A new analysis from the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification reveals over three-quarters of the land on Earth has experienced a drier climate in recent decades compared to the 30-year period ...

The first 'vertical' rocket launch from UK soil will finally go ahead this year ... It will transport small and micro-satellites of up to 1,300 kg into Earth orbit for paying customers – marking ...

A common solution is to dig out the soil and then transport it to a landfill for hazardous waste, but that means destroying good quality soils and is not a reasonable solution for large ...

What it means to be good — or not — is the infected wound at the center of Aria Aber’s debut novel, “Good Girl.” The narrator is a forlorn young woman named Nila Haddadi, and the story ...

depending on the natural soil component, climate, and treatment. While some prefer to minimize any added processing, others relish the exploration of rammed earth surfaces. Different textures and ...

Many people consider that sandy soil doesn’t keep nutrients as effectively as the silt and clay soil. We won’t deny it! However, that doesn’t mean having a sandy soil garden is a disadvantage thing.

By utilizing earth extracted from contaminated soils due to warfare, their research aims to integrate environmental rehabilitation into the architectural reconstruction process. The project is ...

The maps above, featured in our January 9, 2016 Image of the Day, show soil composition across the United States (bottom) and the space available for water to reside within those soil types (top).