Can a mango seed grow in water? It can! After experimenting, I found what I believe is the best method of starting a mango ...

Olive trees, to me, are an intrinsic part of the character, look and feel of the undulating landscape of the Mediterranean. Alongside grapevines, they’re everywhere in Italy, Spain, France, and ...

Finished blender compost should be easy to pour and have a soup-like consistency. If the slurry is too thick, add more water, ...

Our gardens can't change the turmoil in our world, but they can help us cope. Find a way to plant something that can sustain ...

If I could only grow one fruit tree, it would have to be a fig. Partly because it is so simple to produce delicious figs – so much so, their nickname is “the lazy man’s fruit”. You do not have to have ...

Use 5 gallon or larger containers for the larger-growing crops including tomatoes. 27. Keep container-grown tomatoes uniformly moist to avoid blossom-end rot. 28. Irrigate citrus trees once or twice a ...

Virginia’s Department of Forestry strives to see many more native trees planted in the Commonwealth. For the second year in a row, they are willing to give money away to make that happen. DOF has $800 ...

The number of trees lost in Winnipeg's public areas last year was offset by almost the same number of new ones planted — meeting a target foresters say is relevant but only a starting point on a long ...

If you'd love to grow fruit trees but think you don't have the space, think again. You don't need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. Instead, use a method perfected by ...

Put that against the coworker's math: $2,500 saved per year just by sticking to rice, an egg, and a bruised avocado. For ...

A new Yale study reveals that spring is not coming early — it’s coming later as a result of climate change and the urban heat island effect. Warm winters are causing NYC trees to miss cues to leaf out ...