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Pruning is an essential gardening task for keeping plants in shape - and it can also mean more flowers and fruits next year ...

With our warmer-than-average fall and plants holding onto leaves, I’ve been asked if trees are at risk of cold-weather injury ...

From delicate dandelions to mighty oak trees, millions of plants use seeds to reproduce. But where did the first seeds come ...

A new study, conducted by the University of Florida, on heirloom cabbage production sheds light on how different crop ...

• Once the ground has frozen use a cardboard box roughly 1 1/2 times as wide and tall as the rose. Place the box over the ...

Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota, officials announced Thursday. An ...

Orphan genes, found only in specific lineages, are key drivers of new functions and phenotypic traits. This discovery lays a ...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality rescheduled a public hearing on St. Charles Clean Fuel’s proposed $4.6 billion ammonia plant for Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 6 p.m. The hearing will take ...

While vegan options are somewhat limited to two dishes, this is an amazing place for vegetarians to get some quick hearty ...

In late fall 2022, the Spokane region experienced a sudden shift from warm temperatures to winter conditions practically ...