The hallmarks of a New England summer are heat and humidity; the amount of each, respectively, can render conditions pleasant ...

Successfully maintaining fruit trees in your yard requires meticulous planning, especially in terms of knowing which plants to avoid growing near them.

1. Flowering Plants Growing flowers under or within 25 feet of fruit trees has several distinct benefits. Not only do flowers add visual appeal, but they also attract pollinators and beneficial ...

It flowers in the early spring as it should and produces fruit, albeit, its fruit is nasty and dry. The canopy is about 10 percent of what it should be, and I suspect sunburn has been choking the ...

Pruning tomato plants incorrectly can tank yields, trigger sunscald, and spread disease. Pave the way for a bumper crop by ...

Apply feather meal in early spring under the drip line, lightly cultivating it into the top few inches of soil. Its ...

Fruit exist to invite animals to disperse the swallowed seeds. A research team found that plants targeting insects rather than birds or mammals for this service are more common than previously ...

In a surprising twist of nature, certain fig trees in Kenya are doing more than just bearing fruit—they’re capturing carbon dioxide from the air and turning it into stone. Scientists discovered these ...