For avocado trees, Di Lallo recommends a typical houseplant potting soil with some added perlite or pumice to promote aeration. When it comes to the perfect container, an unglazed terracotta pot will ...

Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

When I was a kid, my aunt and uncle grew tomatoes in plastic buckets lined up like soldiers on the cement patio in their tiny ...

Apply a broad-spectrum UVA and UVB sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher every day. Apply it 30 minutes before going outdoors ...

In July, “June gloom” gives way to summer heat. Days are long. Tomatoes finally ripen. Summer fruits are warm on the tree.

Early fairgoers experimented with “fringy” ideas such as organic gardening, generating electricity from the sun and ...

The Eastern PA Homestead Festival is taking place for the first time this weekend at the Kutztown Fairgrounds.

Struggling to keep birds away from your fruits and veggies? With this easy DIY, you'll give birds a second thought about ...

Will eating mold make you sick? You are enjoying your breakfast when you notice that your banana muffin seems to have grown a patch of fuzzy green dots. You have already taken a bite or two. Now, you ...

Why mow when you can grow?' That question lies at the heart of an emerging movement that replaces turfgrass with tomatoes, ...

The Stockton Open Air Mall & Flea Market in Stockton, California is that wonderland of commerce and culture that somehow ...

In a world where mass production has made our homes increasingly indistinguishable from one another, Shupps Grove offers ...