As the leaves begin to fall, many people reach for the rake. But what if the best thing you could do with your leaves is ...

Many years ago early in my agriculture/gardening career, I discovered a book written by a woman who developed a novel way of gardening. Ruth Stout’s gardening technique involved applying layers of ...

Purdue Urban Forestry specialist Ben McCallister recently wrote about tips for tree care as we transition into autumn and winter. These tips include mulching, fertilizing, watering, limited pruning, p ...

Plasticulture refers to the use of plastic in agricultural activities. This can include soil fumigation, irrigation, the packaging of agricultural products, and the protection of harvests from ...

Mulch film is a layer of material applied to cover and protect the topsoil. It is highly valued in modern agriculture owing to benefits such as soil moisture retention, soil temperature regulation, ...

In a previous blog post, I discussed how I was experimenting with agricultural paper as a barrier to control weeds in my garden. Agricultural paper mulch is engineered to slowly break down during the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. High winds were hampering firefighters’ ...