Use barriers such as chicken wire over the soil to deter digging. In addition, although it’s not the prettiest solution, a chicken wire enclosure erected around pots (including overhead) keeps them ...

If you enjoy the savory taste of olives, then you should consider saving the pit so you can grow your very own tree. Native ...

Strawberry plants (Fragaria x ananassa) are a fantastic low-effort crop to grow at home. They are a fairly hardy perennial that comes back year after year to produce fresh fruit for you to enjoy.

Bringing in natural elements can make your garden party decor more harmonious with its surroundings. Use potted plants, ...

Learn how to grow figs right in your backyard. Every Southern garden should have a fig tree. These small trees or shrubs produce delicious fruit with flavors best experienced ripe from the tree.

Rooting tip cuttings from parent plants is a way to produce new plants that are copies of the parent. It's fairly easy to do ...

Yes, you can grow fruits like strawberries, bananas, and grapes even if you don't have a yard - and the best part is you can ...

I’d never seen such sights. That production soon shifted to Florida and California, also offshore, and large breeding programs were begun in Holland, Japan, England, and elsewhere in the U.S. These ...

By some estimates, Altadena lost more than half of its tree canopy in the wake of the Eaton Fire. One young Altadenan wants ...

Mona Patterson, 22, grew up in Altadena and has deep roots there. Her grandparents lived around the corner from her in a ...

“All major fruit tree species tend to do better with spring planting,” Slack says. But it’s important to work around frost ...

Volunteers with Bloomington’s Urban Greenspace programs lined up and planted tree seeds across a patch of land next to the ...