Heather Thompson knows quite a bit about bees. When she studied conservation biology at St. Lawrence University, her research explored the diversity of native bee populations. The New York State Parks ...

1. Flowering Plants Growing flowers under or within 25 feet of fruit trees has several distinct benefits. Not only do flowers add visual appeal, but they also attract pollinators and beneficial ...

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There’s a pleasing Cheshire usage that Garner uses throughout his books, plunder to mean ‘ponder’, and as far as he’s ...

There’s nothing quite like walking into a home that smells fresh and inviting. But synthetic air fresheners often contain chemicals that can irritate your senses or harm indoor air quality. The good ...

I’m amazed by my peonies. It still blows my mind that such a massive, frilly blossom comes from a bud roughly the size of a ...

Descending onto the causeway at Bigbury beach, I sat myself down on the small dry triangle of sand untouched by the latest ...

The elder tree is a little spooky. The fairy folk are associated with it, like the hawthorn, in general the overall gist of it is protection. In “A Modern Herbal” by Mrs. M. Grieve, she has devoted 11 ...

More like a shrub than a tree, chaste trees (Vitex agnus-castus) produce gorgeous purple (sometimes white or pink) blooms that put on a show from late spring to fall. " Vitex is a small tree ...

Not many flowers have the power to infuse a whole garden with fragrant smells. Some never had the ability, while others lost ...