Michele Bakacs, Environmental and Resource Management Agent, Middlesex and Union Counties Michael Haberland, Environmental and Resource Management Agent, Burlington and Camden Counties Steve Yergeau, ...

Throughout history, humankind has been associated with gardens. Many faiths hold the belief that human life began in a garden. The first designed gardens date back to 2000 BC in Mesopotamia, where ...

For permanent raised beds, native mineral soils amended with small amounts of clean sourced, well-rotted composts can often provide an ideal growing medium for plants. Blending a quality compost into ...

There are at least 13,000 species of lichens living throughout the world. Lichen species are so numerous and diverse that there are individual exceptions to most general statements about them.

Mulching trees, shrubs, and flower beds is a recommended landscape maintenance practice with many benefits, yet it can literally kill plants when applied improperly. Properly used, mulches provide ...

Sulfur is a mineral essential for plant and animal growth and reproduction. It is classified as a plant macronutrient and used by crops in about the same amounts as for phosphorus (P). In past decades ...

Bats are some of the most misunderstood creatures on Earth. While many ancient cultures perceived bats as purveyors of good health and fortune, the majority of popular myths associate bats with death, ...

Any site with ample light and accessibility for watering is perfect for container gardening with flowers and foliage plants. Many plants that can be grown in a garden can be grown in a container.

Hydrangeas are great plants for the garden whose many benefits have been well recognized by gardeners over the centuries. They provide floral and occasionally foliar interest beginning in late spring ...

Among the 38,000 known spider species in the world, about 100 species have venom that is detrimental to humans. In North America, only the widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus and the recluse ...

Silicon is a mineral present on earth in abundance. The element makes up about 28% of mineral soil by weight. Until recently, this ubiquitous element was not given much attention as a possible ...

Jean Epiphan, Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent, Morris County Richard Buckley, Director, Plant Diagnostic Lab and Nematode Detection Service Timothy Waller, Agriculture and Natural Resources ...