If you don't have a private backyard, it can be hard to create that quiet oasis so many people dream about. However, there ...

The snow has mostly melted and once again yards and fields are brown instead of white. In some undeveloped areas native grasses like little bluestem dot fields with clumps of their copper-colored ...

MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of crinums, shrubs, fig trees and sunflowers, fertilizer storage and dealing with crabgrass ...

I GOT INTO the environmental restoration business by accident. After military tours at sea and in Iraq as a Marine grunt and sniper, I demobilized back to Salt Lake City, where my family had relocated ...

Yatko, who grew up in Grapevine, bought his home in 2012 and soon after ripped out the sod. One year earlier, a historic drought ravaged Texas, and Yatko said he wanted to avoid exorbitant water bills ...

The total productivity of plants at sequestering carbon varies based on the ecosystem it lives in. To identify different factors that influence photosynthesis and respiration in plants, a study of ...

While a single plant is capable of fixing inorganic carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, the entire ecosystem surrounding the ...

A new variety of Kentucky bluegrass has been commercially released by researchers at Washington State University. "Matchless," developed from another bluegrass variety called "Kenblue," offers seed ...

Invasive plants (i.e. weeds) have been on the upswing lately as a threat to take over desirable plants, out-compete farm crops, and disturb the fragile health of ecosystems.

As growth in North Texas booms amid a more extreme climate, solar energy is needed to help stabilize the state’s electrical ...

Ornamental grasses not only make a visual statement, but they actually come with many additional benefits that'll suit both ...