This column is written by the Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions that ...

Keep your front yard tidy and welcoming with these low-maintenance, compact, deer-resistant landscaping plants.

Cycadophyta, or cycads, are an ancient group of tropical and subtropical plants dating back more than 200 million years ago, ...

Slugs can destroy a garden during their breeding season if you do not protect your plants but, luckily, Alan Titchmarsh has ...

Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts ...

If you’ve overwatered, take the plant out of the pot and before touching the roots or the soil, scan the outer edge of the ...

AGRICULTURAL AND FARM NEWS  The increasing cost of forages, fearing continued 2012 droughty conditions, and extending the winter season has many producers wondering about the productivity of their ...

Amendments are mixed into the soil to improve the physical or chemical makeup of the soil. Another term is fertilizers, which ...

Give your garden a head start by starting your seeds indoors. When your last frost date rolls around, you'll have seedlings ...

Too wet for planting? Let’s talk cover crops. Is it just me, or does it seem like we’re living in the middle of a wetland? It has been common this spring to see farmers skirting around ...

Arrange your plants, accordingly, placing sun-loving crops like tomatoes and peppers in the brightest spots and ...