FIRST, HAPPY NEW Year to each and everyone of you! May all of your fingers be green and the weeds disappear from your gardens.

ERASE THE COLD: Prune off any freeze damage caused to gingers, elephant ears, philodendrons, cannas and other herbaceous ...

Snow is nature’s winter insulation, and most of our plants are accustomed to at least some layer of snow protection before the coldest weather of winter arrives,” Don Kinzler writes ...

For 80 years, most American cities have been adding fluoride to their water for healthy teeth. For just as long, dentists have been giving children fluoride drops and tablets. Now the Food and Drug ...

In an era of escalating water-shortage concerns and shrinking resources, a provocative question looms: Is growing food in the desert a waste of water? For some, the sight of sprawling farmland in arid ...

Roses are the one garden ornamental that has never gone out of style or fallen out of grace. They’re no longer confined to formal gardens, and seeing them tumble out of a cottage garden or a ...

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This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in July ...

Can you believe August is already upon us? Even though the main gardening season is behind us, there are still some nice opportunities available during this “dog days” month. Read on. A variety of ...