Every year when autumn arrives I find myself completely captivated by the incredible energy created by color in the fall time ...

Pruning fruit trees helps maintain size and shape, and it's the best way to control your crop. Here's when to prune fruit trees by season and type of tree.

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If you want to grow a pear tree that produces fruit indoors, then it’s best to choose dwarf varieties. “Avoid cultivars that ...

Banana peels often end up in the garbage, but you can give them a second life in your garden or for your houseplants. Make ...

The Kozmetsky Center for Civic Engagement and The Civics Lab hosted a town hall at Carriage House on Oct. 30 to promote the ...

A Christmas cactus grows best when it's slightly pot-bound. In fact, most Christmas cacti thrive for many years without being ...

This resilient fruit tree adapts to almost any soil, fills your garden with color, and produces antioxidant-rich fruits for a ...

When is winter? Weather forecasters in the Northern Hemisphere will tell you Dec. 1 through the end of February, which is known as meteorological winter. But based on Earth's tilt and orbit around the ...

Scientists discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome nitrogen-fixing bacteria. By tweaking only two amino acids, they converted a defensive receptor into one ...

Native plants are increasingly popular with consumers, and with that demand, more native species are being grown in containers and forced like traditional perennials. However, when commercial ...