Solarization also eliminates some soil diseases, including Verticillium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, Fusarium wilt, damping-off, crown gall, tomato canker, and potato scab, allowing healthy plants and ...

Soil solarization is a simple and inexpensive way to use the sun to prepare a garden for planting. Solarization involves watering a patch of soil, covering it with clear plastic, then allowing trapped ...

Editors note: This is part one of a two-part series on creating a water-wise yard. We ARE in the middle of a drought. We ARE inundated with water restrictions and water-saving advice. We ARE forced to ...

Eleventh in a series republished with permission from the San Diego County Water Authority‘s website. Once you’ve finalized your plans for a water-saving landscape, you’ll have some demolition work ...

So you’ve decided to replace that pesky patch of turf that never seems to stay green enough — no matter how much you water it — but don’t know where to start. While there is no “one size fits all” ...

After you remove the soil solarization plastic, plant a cover crop such as fava bean or leave the plastic on until spring. Or plant crops and use the plastic sheeting as mulch. Just cut small Xs in ...