Purpose of Fertilizers Fertilizers are available in various formulations. There are two primary classes: organic (or natural) ...

A successful spring garden begins well before the first blooms of the season. Winter, often regarded as the dormant period for plants, offers the perfect opportunity to prepare garden beds ...

Ash from urban wildfires is potentially full of heavy metals and other toxins. Here's a guide for what to do if ash is covering your soil, plants and veggies.

Opinion: Global fertility rates are declining. New Zealand’s fertility rates reflect international trends, particularly those in middle- to high-income countries. In 2023, the total fertility rate in ...

Illustration by Simon LetchCredit: But Aussies never came close to heeding Costello’s advice: two decades on and Australia’s fertility rate – which measures the number of births per woman ...

The story so far: A comprehensive demographic analysis of global fertility in 204 countries and territories from 1950-2021 has found that fertility is declining globally and that future fertility ...

To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...

To address the questions above, we propose the following hypotheses: (1) The soil nitrogen and available phosphorus content in natural forests is significantly higher than in planted forests, while ...