Moss Appreciation Week is packed with events both scientific... and also silly. Moss walks, moss talks, moss movies, crafting ...

Students at a nearby charter school often use the garden for science lessons, but safety and cleanliness concerns next door ...

North Carolina farms use treated sewage sludge as fertilizer, but concerns over PFAs contamination are growing. With few disposal alternatives, regulators and farmers face tough choices.

Over those same years, through several droughts and growing environmental concerns, I watched my neighbors and friends with ...

Pre-emergent should be applied before weed seeds germinate, typically in early spring for summer weeds and late summer for ...

Boost your basil's flavor, help it ward off pests, and improve its access to nutrients by growing this aromatic, flowering ...

Making tea is easy. Basically, all you need is a drinking vessel, hot water and plant bits. I prefer loose-leaf tea over bagged, because the latter is typically crumbled up plant parts called ...

Massachusetts has its share of invasive water species. Here's what they are, why you should look out for them, and what to do ...

Sloped yards typically suffer from erosion. Learn how to control erosion naturally by planting this evergreen ground cover along your sloped yard.

In case you have any memory left, you may remember a column we had on a page like this 25 or more years ago. The subject was ...