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Setting up an aquarium step by step

What could be more calming than watching silvery fish behind glass? However, before you set up a small, dazzling underwater world in your own four walls, you should clarify a few basic questions. The ...
Hydroponics, aquaponics and aeroponics — modern growing methods that replace soil with water, mist or carefully balanced ...
A soil test should be performed before adding amendments willy-nilly. For example, Epsom salt for roses must be added with care.
Your future garden will thank you for planting safe alternatives to these potentially invasive species ...
Bringing home a new houseplant? Prevention is key to avoiding pest infestations. Inspect the plant closely, especially under ...
Waste products like coffee grounds and eggshells are widely used to improve soil health, but there are some more ...
Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology deep ...
Creating a bioactive habitat with students can give them a window into the natural world while easing the upkeep for class ...
If you have a way to collect rainwater indoors, it can be a great resource for watering plants. Place containers near ...
While aquariums are beautiful and full of life, they get dirty pretty quickly. Over time, the water gets cloudy and sometimes even a bit green, which is due to residue from fish food, and sometimes, ...
Anyone seeing a white jacaranda (Jacaranda puberula), also known as caroba, blooming in the sandbank forest might assume that the leafy tree could not survive in such sandy soil. They would be right.
Grassland degradation fundamentally reshapes how biodiversity supports ecosystem multifunctionality, shifting it from being plant-dominated to being mediated by soil microbes, according to a new study ...