After spending two weeks in Ecuador with Master Gardener Volunteers and working in the school in the community of Carabuela, I am inspired to start my vegetable garden. While starting seeds outside in ...

Cottontails who survive winter see their population begin to rebound in March, when females give birth to the first litter of ...

The gardener stressed the importance of textures and evergreen elements. They explained that they "had to seek out and test ...

Here in Cornish Flat, this seems like an old-fashioned winter. Temperatures have been consistently below freezing, and the ...

On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine ...

By Amy-Lynn Albertson N.C. Cooperative Extension Crape myrtles are cherished for their eye-catching blooms and elegant shapes ...

Some plants are meant to be left in the ground through the winter, and now that it's February and the ground outside is as hard as week-old peanut brittle, it's a little late to be planting.

Spring usually unfolds slowly, carefully, like the wings of a monarch butterfly as it labors into its new life after escaping its pupa. This year, spring exploded, like the seeds of a ...

When you've always known deciduous trees to drop their leaves in winter, seeing one that hasn't can be unsettling. Here's why ...

Last week, while I was going to town, a neighbor and friend from church asked me what I knew was an orange-like small tree ...

Give your garden a head start by starting your seeds indoors. When your last frost date rolls around, you'll have seedlings ...

The average last freeze in Jacksonville is late February, but looking ahead, longer-range models show no frost or freezes in ...