Create shade on the walls and windows located on the hot sides of the house. Try not to use plants when you do this. Creating shade that doesn’t use water requires more brainwork but may be necessary ...

Negev Desert, Israel • A group of Utah Mormon Republican lawmakers walk into a Jewish socialist kibbutz in the middle of the desert. It’s not a joke. A delegation of Utah water officials, state ...

Fruit-tree pruning workshops at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas will not be held during the next three Saturdays; they will resume Jan. 15 ...

Irrigation is a must in our climate. Even if your garden has all native plants, they will need supplemental irrigation for at least their first two summers before they become established. In addition, ...

TAKLIMAKAN DESERT, Xinjiang - Soon only solar power will be harnessed to irrigate the 436-kilometer shelter forest along the desert highway in Taklimakan, the world's largest shifting sand desert ...

A public utility in Southern California paid private investigators to conduct what the agency's general manager called "opposition research" into one of its loudest critics — a local solar company ...

Question: What's the best groundcover under fruit trees? Answer: It kind of depends on how much water costs. If water is expensive, a living groundcover might not be the best idea. Also, living ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TONY EASTLEY: The West Australian Government will spend $12.5 million examining unconventional farming ...

The helicopter landed in the western hills above the San Joaquin Valley and out of the dust walked President John F. Kennedy. It was Aug. 18, 1962, and the sun would not let go. In the hollow of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...