If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

People can retreat indoors from extreme weather, but crops can’t. Farmers are increasingly looking at nets, misters, ...

The battle for the backyard starts the moment a squirrel locks eyes with a tomato plant. That tiny acrobat does not see ...

Lawn and gardening specialist at lawnmower brand Hayter, Chris Cooper, said March is the perfect time to start whipping your garden back into shape, and to begin mowing your grass.

Falling government support for arable farms is creating significant financial strain and uncertainty, with direct payments ...

Invasive species are imported as livestock, pets and attractions in zoos. Some hitch rides on plants, on the bottom of a boot, in the ballast of ships. Then they wreak havoc. Here's how we're ...

A bird-friendly spring yard works best when it stays clean, keeps glass visible, limits crowding, and favors native cover, yearly.

When Vasilis Rodovitis rips open his brown paper bag in a sunny persimmon orchard just outside Naousa, in Greece, I half ...

Q. In your recommendations to protect developing peach fruit from insects, you usually mention spraying malathion every week — is that necessary? What about one of the organic insecticides?

What looks like a plant’s failed fruit may actually be a clever deal that lets both the plant and its pollinating beetles ...

Take a virtual tour of International Fruit Tree Association post conference tour stops where there was much to see and learn.

I accidentally came across this stock dove as it quietly peeked out from a natural hole in a tree trunk. The bird stayed still, watching its surroundings with caution, using the tree cavity as a safe ...