It’s been a mostly quiet season for wildfires in Oregon this summer, but that could change in a big way over the next week.

In contrast, sandy soils absorb water quickly and dry quickly. According to Sunset's new Western Garden Book, if one inch of water is applied to a sandy soil, it will soak in about 12 inches.

We tested the hypothesis that dry season represents a constraint on the bacterial diversity of the rhizosphere from semi-arid plants. To accomplish this, we sampled two leguminous species at five ...