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Australia's Jala avocado has single fruit weighing around one kilogram (2.2lb) and trees are now entering the market.

Inspired by divine guidance, Paul Gautschi's no-till 'Back to Eden' method asks little of the gardener but bears ...

Hypertufa is a human-made building material that uses one part Portland cement to three parts of other materials.

Farmers could be labeled as being guilty of 'ecocide,' and could face criminal prosecution for the acts of ...

Scientists in Japan appear to be intent on solving Zen riddles. A tree that falls in the forest ...

A student who suffered from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) from a young age has shunned Western medicine to ...

Editor's Note: Convinced you have a "brown thumb" as a gardener? In "1,001 Gardening Tips & Tricks," Mary ...

Disclaimer: This article was published in 2023. Some information may no longer be current. With her ultraviolet photography ...

A green-fingered dad loves relaxing in the incredible back garden "jungle" he's spent 35 years nurturing. Dr. Simon ...

CHICAGO—Tyson Foods is shutting four more chicken plants—in Arkansas, Indiana and Missouri—to cut costs, a blow to small ...

Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Botanic Garden of Sydney are now using ...

Disclaimer: This article was published in 2023. Some information may no longer be current. Since a spider plant ...

Plants look so different from animals that it’s easy for many people to think of them as alien ...

By Alex Groves From The Orange County Register Santa Ana—Flowers, shrubs, and grass are pretty to look at, ...

Old Hans Halbig always sang to the tomato plants in his greenhouse. The 85-year-old Calgarian green thumb (my ...

CHICAGO—Tyson Foods Inc. will close two U.S. chicken plants with almost 1,700 employees on May 12, the company ...

Hot summers can be expensive, with air conditioners and fans driving up household electricity costs; however, researchers from the University ...

Owners of one of Britain's most celebrated back gardens share the exciting four-decade journey of creating a colorful oasis ...

Every year in the United States, around 20 percent of the population gets the flu. The Centers for ...

Question: My geraniums grew really well this summer and I have some pretty ones that I want to ...

Originally published as a two part series, this article has compiled that into one with some updates. Part ...

By Norman Winter From Tribune News Service Imagine a plant so unusual and beautiful in your landscape you ...

The first time Franklin the bulldog plopped himself into a new hole in the yard and made himself ...

Written by Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D. A car needs the right kind of gas to run smoothly, and it’s ...

By Norman Winter From Tribune News Service A display at the recent Young’s Plant Farm Annual Garden Tour ...

When you’re beginning gardening, there are so many new terms to learn. One of the most important is the ...

When horticulturist Dennis Carter takes his morning walk at the Blank Park Zoo grounds in Des Moines, Iowa, ...