I love lavender—the delicate foliage, the long, thin stems topped with blue or purple flowers, the way the blooms appear as a purple mist when viewed from a distance, the lazy loitering of honeybees ...

Turn your backyard garden into a beautiful butterfly paradise. Grow swallowtail butterfly host plants and flowers.

Now summer has ended, many gardeners assume their outdoor spaces will fall quiet until spring. But autumn and winter gardens can be just as lively, especially when planted with pollinator-friendly ...

Having separate budgets in a family has both advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, there’s virtually no risk of one spouse usurping shared finances. On the other hand, when you split all ...

For those of us who garden, it’s hard not to see the countless parallels between the arc of a human life and that of a tree, right from infancy to old age. Both are hard-wired to seek out shelter, ...

This summer's prolonged drought across Atlantic Canada has had a costly impact on wild blueberry growers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Donald Arseneault, executive director of the industry group ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Rory Evans While working on this guide, Rory Evans used wooden rods to ...

Ponderosa is the tree equivalent of a big yellow lab waiting on the front porch, eager to welcome you home at the end of a ...

I don’t know about you, but I grew up believing that daddy longlegs were “the most poisonous spiders on Earth” – they just had no way to administer it. But speaking to HuffPost UK previously, ...

The cost of coffee is on the rise, thanks to recent tariffs. In response, members of Congress have introduced a bill to scrap the tax—a move that’s likely to win favor as more Americans reach for a ...

Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who focused on keeping pandemics at bay. By Apoorva Mandavilli For a new series, Times ...