Valentine’s Day is a time for expressing love and appreciation for others, which is often done by giving cut flowers and, ...

This purple perennial isn’t just about pretty blooms or a calming fragrance; it’s a natural pest-repelling powerhouse. The ...

Lavender is a bushy perennial herb that fills the garden with a heady fragrance. While this herb is relatively ...

Like all living things, rats need food, water and shelter to survive. Remove at least one of these from your garden or allotment and they are less likely to stay. Rats feed on grain and may be ...

January is traditionally a month for fresh starts and resolutions, many of which center around self-care. And if you’ve ... may happily keep up with a large garden at first, chances are you ...

(Jessica Damiano via AP) This May 26, 2023, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a drip-irrigation soaker hose set in place over the soil in a small raised-garden bed on Long Island, N.Y. Damiano ...

Instead, they cling to bark, or rocks, or other substrates. Parts that look like roots just anchor the plants. They receive all their nutrition and moisture through hairlike structures called ...

Invasive forest plants like buckthorn, honeysuckles and Japanese barberry create dense, damp thickets where surveys show ticks love to lurk. With a new opportunity to turn the tide on ticks in sight, ...