After years of glossy renderings and big promises, something is finally happening on the ground at West Oakland BART. The agency has closed part of the station parking lot this week so crews can drill ...

Potting soil is a lifeline for container gardening, nurturing your plants with the nutrients they need to thrive.

Deep frost puts my gardening plans on pause — but not my progress. 🌱❄️ Instead of planting, I start laying out stones for future garden borders, preparing the landscape for spring. Inside the house, ...

Introduction:: Soil degradation resulting from land use changes and topographic variations poses a significant threat to agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability in the Northwestern ...

The AgBot 5.115T2 traction robot is capable of neat ploughing. If necessary, it does so day and night without a driver and with minimal soil pressure. A range of different and varying factors makes it ...

Soil testing could not be more important preceding tasks like establishing a new garden, diagnosing plant problems, determining fertilizer needs — and much more. But some situations don't require the ...

ABSTRACT: This study evaluates the effect of quicklime on the geotechnical properties of silty clay used in road construction. The addition of 2% to 10% quicklime modified the grain size through ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! Hard to believe that Monday celebrated Labor Day, the end of summer here in the Valley. Many backyard gardeners are out there preserving the harvest by ...

Even when harvest wraps up and the bins are full, the work isn’t done. The choices you make after harvest can make or break next year’s crop, especially when it comes to soil management. Well-managed ...