As the warm weather arrives, the urge for summer recipes comes with it, and there's no better ingredient to use than basil ...

Warm, moist days are ideal for growing a robust vegetable crop. Unfortunately, that is the same recipe for disease that can ...

To the trained eye, it’s quite easy to tell centipedes and millipedes apart. You don’t even need to count the number of legs ...

Using water carefully will help to keep your utility costs down and, while gardens and lawns do require water, it is often ...

Tomatoes are a summer staple, but they can be susceptible to all kinds of pests and disease. With companion planting, you ...

But watermelons actually contain far more. Lycopene absorbs both UVA and UVB radiation, although it may take several weeks for the skin to become more photoprotective due to its turnover rate ...

Looking to grow juicy, delicious watermelons in your garden? Well, apart from proper care and attention, the right fertilizer can work wonders. A good fertilizer not only promotes healthy plant growth ...

Mulching with organic matter is very useful to regulate moisture, enrich the soil, and control weeds for your plants, even providing an aesthetic appeal. However, not all of them work the same for all ...

Two people harvest watermelons in Zhongwei, Ningxia Hui autonomous region. [Photo provided to China Daily] Liu Zhancun sold a 15 kilogram watermelon for 2,000 yuan ($279) at a fruit auction this ...

Whether you want to directly seed or transplant watermelons, soil plays an important role in their healthy growth. If you make a wrong decision, your plants can’t grow well. This type of fruit ...

Recent research, in which eucalyptus wood chips were used to mulch avocado trees, showed there was no toxicity to young or old trees. Besides this, the trees used less water, developed a better root ...