‘This is basically when cold temperatures, harsh winds, and even winter sun team up to dry out the needles on evergreens,’ ...

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Soil is undeniably the most important asset to any farming system, without it most of the food that we grow would cease ...

Elliot Stevens, who runs Okehampton-based contracting firm Cropmech, had an uninspiring harvest, with wet weather hampering ...

During the 2024 holiday display, the trees have their first Christmas glow-up. Snowflake ornaments made of lights hang from ...

Archaeological samples of grains, straw, and cobs recovered from caves in the Peruaçu Valley exhibit primitive ...

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Brazilian scientists have determined that ancient specimens of partially domesticated maize (Zea mays, also known as corn) ...

Brazilian scientists have determined that ancient specimens of partially domesticated maize (Zea mays, also known as corn) originally from Peruaçu ...

The samples of partially domesticated maize analyzed in the study include cobs, straw and grains from ... their distance from ...

When the flowers finish blooming and the vegetable plants stop producing, you may be ready to curl up under a blanket with a ...

This week's Master Gardener column offers advice for covering plants for winter — and the best materials to use — as well as ...