But if you have a yard around your home, you are the master of your own small ecosystem. You can dare to leave the leaves.

In Leominster, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Johnny Appleseed, a study revealed that 42% of Americans believe John Chapman — Johnny Appleseed — was a myth, not a real person. However, Chapman was ...

Instead of cattle, the Indigenous. And nothing else changes in the landscape as soon as one crosses the sign announcing the ...

Pass the pumpkin spice so I can live my best life as I read this "Food To Die For" cookbook. I mean stories AND recipes from ...

Take a closer look at what seems to be a small black ant in your daisies or dandelions: it is most likely a Ceratina, one of ...

J ust because the flowers are resting doesn’t mean you get to! Winter is a great time to clean up the garden—clear out dead ...

Underwood first met David Robert Jones - who would become better known as David Bowie - not long after the future star had ...

Electric power companies dedicate significant resources to clearing overgrown plants and debris from the area surrounding ...

Carpenter bee. Credit: Daniel Schwen, CC by SA 4.0 Carpenter bees look a lot like bumblebees, except their abdomens are shiny, black and hairless (bumblebees have hairy bellies with yellow stripes).

Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) is in fact a native plant, found throughout eastern North America, from Ontario to Maine to ...

It's very hard living with a lazy, messy gardener. She used to take care of things, but the older she gets, the more she ...

One of the most striking gardens there, filled with tall, brightly colored native plants, belongs to Karen Rawson, who said ...