As you tackle fall garden cleanup that is crucial in November, consider leaving some fallen leaves in place. They create a natural mulch by returning nutrients to the soil and supporting beneficial ...

While it may seem like you should leave your leafless trees alone in winter, the fact is, it's a great time to prune many species of flowering fruit trees.

Hydrangeas have become very popular plants for the home landscape in recent years, primarily due to the release of new varieties with flowers of different sizes and shapes featuring more vivid shades ...

Bob Bertog, president of Bertog Landscape Co. in Wheeling and a certified landscape professional with the National Association of Landscape Professionals, joins John Williams to answer all of your ...

Wildcat Creek Winery in Lafayette is releasing a new persimmon wine. The wine, named "Back Porch Persimmon," is the first new wine from the winery in nearly a decade. Owner Nyssa Craton developed a ...

In Southern California, we don’t experience winter like the rest of the country. Most gardening guides will tell you to prune ...

It goes without saying that seasonal gardening tasks should be performed at specific times of the year, mainly because of the weather. But many gardening practices are also best performed at certain ...

From utopian dreams to dystopian warnings, time travel fiction reflects our hopes and fears for humanity’s future. Courtesy the publishers For decades, authors and readers have been asking questions ...