Xeriscaping

  Xeriscaping Unless weather patterns along the west coast change we can expect the same conditions here in northern Nevada as we have seen throughout the centuries. Historical records indicate we are in a dry, parched area and not much has changed since recorded history recounted the miserable read more

Subterranean Gardeners

Darren Murphey turns waste into black gold Darren Murphey opens the wooden lid of a mysterious, rectangular box built atop the ground in Spanish Springs. He reaches inside with one hand and pulls out a squiggling dark mass that looks like moist, black soil. It’s not soil but worm read more

Plants, nature’s natural air scrubbers

In nature green plants consume carbon dioxide and emit oxygen, nature’s air scrubbers. But scientists through studies done by the Environmental Protection Agency have found that plants can do much more. It seems like, included in their ability to produce oxygen, they also have the ability read more