Agriculture

Permaculture is a land management and settlement design concept that mimics the arrangements found in healthy natural ecosystems. It is a comprehensive and long-term strategy…

Organic horticulture is the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants while adhering to the core principles of organic agriculture in…

A horticulture flora, often known as a garden flora, is a plant identification tool that is organized similarly to a native plants flora. It refers…

Lyman Briggs and McLane (1910) offer moisture equivalent as a measure of field capacity for fine-textured soil materials. It is a concept used in soil…

Sustainable gardening is more specifically defined as sustainable landscapes, sustainable landscape design, sustainable landscaping, and sustainable landscape architecture, all of which result in sustainable locations.…

Naturescaping (also known as nature scaping) is a landscape design and landscaping technique that allows people and nature to cohabit with landscaping. It is a…

Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming (as opposed to vast farming), is a style of agriculture that has higher levels of input and output…

Horticulture is the cultivation of plants in gardens or greenhouses, as opposed to agriculture’s field-scale crop production. It is the science and art of growing…

An aquifer test (or pumping test) is used in hydrogeology to evaluate an aquifer by “stimulating” it with steady pumping and measuring the aquifer’s “response”…

A sustainable food system is a form of food system that offers healthful food to people while also creating environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable food…

Dryland farming and dry farming are agricultural strategies for non-irrigated crop cultivation. It is a type of agriculture used in areas with low water availability,…

Ripeness in viticulture is the completion of the ripening phase of wine grapes on the vine, signaling the start of harvest. It’s an important notion…