Lack of garden space can be overcome by planting favorite vegetables, flowers, and herbs in containers. Seed companies now offer many kinds of vegetables which have a dwarf growth habit and are well ...

A horse's vision is its primary detector of danger. Even though they have poor color vision, horses can differentiate blue and red from gray hues. However, they have more trouble differentiating ...

Hungry horses do not heed warnings about avoiding poisonous plants. There is widespread belief that instinct protects animals, but this is not always true. Therefore, it is up to horse owners to ...

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.

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Horses are non-ruminant herbivores and hind-gut fermenters. Their small stomach only has a capacity of 2 to 4 gallons for an average-sized 1,000-lb. horse. This limits the amount of feed a horse can ...

Fertilizer recommendations for lawns are usually given in pounds of nitrogen to be applied per 1,000 square feet. Home gardeners sometimes have difficulty converting these recommendations to the ...

A good mulch is a valuable addition to any vegetable garden. First, mulches conserve soil moisture, decreasing the amount of water you need to apply. By keeping soil moisture more uniform, ...

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 ...

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.

This publication is intended for professionals who manage lawns, golf courses, athletic fields, and other turfgrass areas with cool-season turfgrass species. If you are a non-professional turfgrass ...

Steve Yergeau, County Agent II, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ocean and Atlantic Counties Christine Raabe, Director, Ocean County Soil Conservation District Stephanie Murphy, Director, Rutgers ...