A few steps in fall will ensure beautiful plants come spring. Hostas are an easy way to add interest to the garden because of their large, vivid leaves. The perennials grow well in shady areas, are ...

Woolly aphids are small insects that are covered in a white, fuzzy-looking wax. They feed on leaves and excrete “copious amounts of honeydew,” which can, in turn, cause black sooty mold to accumulate, ...

For Joshua Tree and the rest of the national park system, a shutdown offers no upside. It’s bad for employees, bad for visitors, bad for park resources and bad for gateway businesses. Although most ...

For the first time since 2022, a harbor porpoise has made its way into the Napa River, where it has been feasting on fish near the Oxbow Preserve since Sept. 28. Napa's Stanly Lane Pumpkin Patch has ...

Move over, Honeycrisp. We asked apple growers, marketers, and breeders to share the new varieties they’re most excited about.

Severe weather is seldom kind to agriculture. A hard freeze too late in March or April shrinks a peach crop, while excessive temperatures and moisture yield lackluster, fungus-ridden tomatoes.

To bleach mildew and mold stains, mix 1/4 cup hydrogen peroxide with 1/2 cup water in a spray bottle. For best results, spray the stains with solution, scrub it in a bit and then leave to dry. Dispose ...

Iran has gained parliamentary approval for a monetary overhaul to remove four zeros from its national currency over the next few years to simplify transactions after years of inflation. Ryan Chang has ...

I recently bought a house in rural East Texas. It’s on 2.5 acres of heavily forested land. I didn’t walk the entire area before the closing, and only recently have I discovered that I apparently own a ...

After a day of hiking in Grand Teton National Park, you might not think to ascend yet another mountain for dinner. But you’d be missing out. Because the hottest new restaurant in nearby Jackson, ...

Restopros of Metrowest Worcester marks its second anniversary of providing emergency restoration services to residential and commercial properties throughout central Massachusetts. The women-owned ...

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida residents about crinum lilies, herbs, pineapple, citrus, viburnum, azaleas and yesterday-today-and-tomorrow shrubs ...