Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

An unknown group of microbes is thriving in Earth's deep soil and they’re quietly helping to clean the water that becomes our ...

Best time to fertilize? Why is my grass yellow? Can I plant new grass? Neil Sperry answers your lawn care questions.

The soil under our feet is teeming with mysterious life forms – possibly more than any other habitat on Earth.

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

Mulch is something that is applied to the soil surface. It can be organic (pine straw, bark, wood chips, leaves) or inorganic ...

If it's not one thing it's another. First, the Behavioral Care Center at the new OK County jail site had to shift. Now, some of the soil is a problem.

On a mission to grow more homegrown produce this year, this week I decided to see how simple it was to plant one of Monty Don ...

As a master conservationist of pre-1820 American painted furniture, Peter Deen painstakingly works through layers upon layers ...

Strawberries are greedy crops that need lots of nutrients to grow ‘big and strong' in spring, but it turns out there is a ...

A common question I receive is, “How should I fertilize my trees or shrubs?” The answer, as with many gardening questions, is ...

To study Mars’s chemical and mineral makeup, the Curiosity rover drills one to 1.5 inches down into the subsurface, then ...