Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Longer days and warm winds are drying up the snow melts of winter. They are also drying up the soils around our plant beds. One of the items you might have noted on your spring “Walk Around” the house ...

Many years ago early in my agriculture/gardening career, I discovered a book written by a woman who developed a novel way of gardening. Ruth Stout’s gardening technique involved applying layers of ...

Mulch is a material used to reduce water loss from soil. Lately, it has not been unusual to question whether mulch is useful on dry soil. That may be an issue in the short term if the mulch is ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Below the trees of every forest, you see is a layer of cushioned layer of leaves. While the top is dry, you can kick away the layers to reveal a moist, decomposing layer near ...