Regarding overwatering, Balchandani advises against adhering to a rigid “once a week” watering schedule. Instead, he advocates for a simple tactile test: "Stick your finger into the soil before ...

In his first book You’re Overwatering It!, the quirky author dismisses age-old advice that you should water houseplants every seven days, that misting will enhance humidity, or that all plants go ...

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Reports suggest that over 17,000 tonnes of cardboard packaging and nearly 7,500 tonnes of plastic are generated globally on 14th February ...

Most gardeners pour rice water straight down the drain, missing a hidden fertiliser. In British pots and plots, one simple tweak can quietly supercharge growth. Every time rice is rinsed, that white ...

As nations posture over access to rare earth deposits, scientists say these coveted materials are hiding in plain sight – and can be harvested without any conventional mining at all. In a lab in ...

16:55, Sat, Feb 7, 2026 Updated: 16:55, Sat, Feb 7, 2026 A killer wild mushroom often mistaken for edible varieties has claimed the lives of four people and left at least 36 poisoned. Eating death cap ...

Exterminators keep getting calls for a reason. Wood-devouring insects, such as beetles, termites, and carpenter ants, are constantly chewing through walls or infecting trees and breaking them down.