Careful timing ensures crops can handle a little heat. But recently, sudden heat waves and long-lasting ones in already warm regions have become more common, with predictions saying there’s more to ...

The industrial standard in agriculture involves heavy use of herbicides and pesticides to meet the bottom line of production.

Give your bees water and an internal feeder to ensure they have it for more than 24 hours of sealing. Put a mesh screen at ...

Whether you’re a gardener or small-scale farmer, you’ve probably been hit with advertisements, YouTube videos, and word-of-mouth stories about the next best thing to make growing plants easier. Your ...

After two weeks in Glasgow, the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is over. Countries around the world sent delegates and world leaders to the conference, including ...

Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...

If you live in an arid climate without easy access to water or just want to skip the work of running drip lines, it’s worth exploring if you can dry farm tomatoes. This type of growing involves ...

Members of the Aster and Symphyotrichum genera are long-beloved plants with a wide range of nativity across North America.

For Joseph Goni, a fourth-generation dairy farmer in Tulare County, California, the region’s historic floods were part of family lore. As such, his grandfather, who lived through the 1955 deluge, ...

Located in a desert—a literal one, as well as an isolated area with limited access to food—the dry patch of land now home to the Huachuca City Community Garden (HCCG) was never intended to be a ...

Figs Fig trees need to be planted in a spot that has seven to eight hours of full sun. This plant also needs well-draining soil, with a pH anywhere from 6.0 to 6.5. Sandy soil is preferred over loamy ...

The sweet potato is a much more interesting plant than it’s given credit for. It’s not closely related to the potato, despite the similar name, area of origin, and general appearance; it comes from an ...