When planting a fruit orchard in your yard, make sure you don't forget about pruning. Neglecting to prune your fruit trees, including your apricot trees (Prunus armeniaca), creates added stress and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When planting a fruit orchard in your yard, make sure you don't forget about pruning. Neglecting to prune your fruit trees, ...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve their crop yields and ...

If you would like to know how to grow a big harvest of sweet corn watch this video for my five top tips on sweetcorn growing! Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in se ...

Produced by OSU Extension, monthly gardening calendars provide reminders of key garden chores, such as fertilizing, pest control, planting, and maintenance. Recommendations in this calendar are not ...

Wondering when is the best time to cut back ornamental grasses? Actually, right now is a great time. A late winter cut helps grasses grow back healthier, fuller and stronger once spring arrives.

Corn production is concentrated in the heartland, with Iowa and Illinois accounting for about one-third of the U.S. crop. Nearly 45% of all corn grown in the U.S. goes to ethanol. Corn production in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once February arrives, our thoughts shift towards being outside in the garden again – on mild days anyway. There’s a real sense of ...

Wellington Mayor Andrew Little says critical damage to the city's wastewater treatment plant couldn't come at a worse time. Heavy rain flooded the building's lower floors causing sewage to leak into ...