New housing and shopping areas are often desirable improvements to any human community. But what benefits one species can be ...

In late winter and early spring, a select group of plants rise from the earth, grow, procreate and die in a race against emerging forest canopies. Like their amphibious cousins (or college ...

Chaenomeles speciosa ‘moerloosei’ is an ornamental quince which is later flowering than other varieties and has cup-shaped, ...

The dry spell continues and in complete contrast to the past two springs, farmers are well on with their spring work. In fact ...

A healthy, green lawn is more than just a pretty sight—it’s a sign of a thriving ecosystem right in your backyard. But when pests invade, they can wreak havoc on your turf, flowers, and even your home ...

Most fields held a few of them and a couple of fields had several hundred. Sloughs, too, were crowded with them. There they ...

It’s that time of year again, when the ground thaws, the days stretch a little longer and gardens begin to wake up. But along ...

Frog in wildlife pond (Image: Norfolk School of Gardening) It’s a great course for anyone interested in gardening and we just have one space left on the next course starting in late April. We’ve had a ...

Bigleaf hydrangeas are no doubt the most popular hydrangeas. Their other common name, French hydrangeas, is misleading ...

I often hear people say that the problem with young people today is this, or that, or something else. Following the ...

A: The mushrooms are feeding on decaying wood. Take them off because they have grown right around the trunk of the tree, and ...