If you are thinking about growing your own vegetables this summer to save money on skyrocketing food prices, now is the time to prepare a garden plot for planting. Heidi Wood, horticulturalist for the ...

If you want to invest in planting fruit trees in hopes of a harvest, one of the most important things to understand is how to prep your soil ahead of time. That starts with understanding how excessive ...

When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) bugs, holding caterpillars and trying to catch fireflies (lightning bugs).

Even the smallest border can make a big difference when it comes to wildlife. I’ve seen it happen in city gardens where a strip of planting, no more than a few feet wide, becomes a hub for hungry bees ...