Loose pruning shears are more than just a hassle; they can actually harm your plants' health with uneven cuts. Luckily, tightening is an easy process.

After losing 10,000 trees to Tropical Storm Helene, The N.C. Arboretum is plotting an ambitious long-term recovery while also creating a blueprint for rebuilding storm-damaged forests across ...

Sometimes it feels easier and cheaper to throw out and replace things like broken lamps or ripped shirts rather than fix them ...

When autumn hits, trees shed beauty-and responsibility. Those crisp, fallen leaves not only decorate lawns; they also spark ...

Gardeners know that all kinds of bees are good for our flower and vegetable gardens. They’re responsible for pollinating ...

People can be prickly about their property. But maybe they wouldn’t mind someone else covering a likely inevitable cost.

My sister is cheap. She’s also not good at choosing gifts for people. Often, the things she gives are worse than if she’d done nothing at all. An example: She was just here visiting and brought my ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

A tough repair job puts our skills to the test as we tackle a cracked cast iron piece and work to bring it back to life. Half a million bottles of blood pressure drug recalled for high carcinogen ...

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing surgery to fix the lower limb arteries (peripheral arterial reconstruction of the lower limb). • Closed incision negative ...