West Texans love it when it snows. Gardeners especially. Snowflakes are frozen water that encase droplets of air particulates. Flakes that are heavier than the air fall to the ground. Most snow is ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Here’s a riddle for you: What’s the most abundant element in our atmosphere — that’s essential for plant growth — but often lacking in our soil? The answer: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As many know, healthy, nutrient-rich soil supports a productive vegetable garden. Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) ...

Most young fruit trees need at least a few years of growth before they're mature enough to bloom and set fruit. The male flowers on a Sensation box elder add color and beauty to the spring landscape.

Baking soda can be useful as a fungicide when mixed with water and sprayed on the affected plant very early in the infestation of powdery mildew. Banana peels are high in potassium, but they can also ...

The element nitrogen was first identified in 1772 by the Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford. It wasn’t until 1840 that Justus von Liebig (1803–1839), one of the pioneers in agricultural chemistry, ...

Young tropical forests can regrow twice as fast with enough nitrogen, dramatically increasing carbon capture, according to a ...

As many know, healthy, nutrient-rich soil supports a productive vegetable garden. Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) are the key macronutrients required by plants for their growth. When ...

Nitrogen is the key macro-nutrient that will always need re-supplementation in the soil. Plants actively deplete this nutrient during the growing season as they produce chlorophyll and photosynthesize ...