Epsom salt for plants is a beneficial supplement for improving flower color and encouraging healthier blooms. This easy-to-use natural option contains magnesium and sulfur, essential nutrients that ...

Epsom salts are often touted as a cure-all for just about any garden ailment. However, this DIY soil amendment probably isn't necessary for you to grow healthy plants. In fact, applying Epsom salt to ...

Winter weather arrived in Greater Columbus this past week, and with colder temperatures, ice and snow, comes the need to control ice buildup on driveways, sidewalks and other outdoor surfaces. Before ...

While many people in the northern US wonder what a polar vortex means for our winter gardens, we're not just worried about freezing temperatures. We're also concerned about what snow and freezing ...

After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the ...

To avoid salt in soil, plants can change their root direction and grow away from saline areas. Researchers helped find out what makes this possible. The discovery changes our understanding of how ...

Salt damage can be a problem in the Midwest. Each state applies about 100,000 to 300,000 tons of de-icing salt to roads every winter. As salt dissolves and spreads to adjacent soil, it is taken up by ...

As we’ve already experienced this year, winter in Illinois commonly means snow and ice. Though plowing and shoveling are the primary means of removing snow and ice where they aren’t wanted, deicing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Extensive damage to yews planted along a sidewalk. Winter weather arrived in Greater Columbus this past week, and with colder ...