Careful garden planning can maximize the benefit for butterflies, bees and other pollinators, even in a small space. This ...

A guide to seven of the best perennials to plant in January, and you can get all of these as bare-root plants to benefit bees ...

Bring pollinators to every corner of your yard with these plants for wet soil. Grow camas, cardinal flower, and more perfect ...

Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds—which is ...

The arms of a gardener picking an orange off a tree - Pongnathee Kluaythong/Getty Images Fruit trees are a joyous addition to any garden. What's better than being able to pick fully ripened, organic ...

You may be familiar with the health benefits (both physical and mental) that gardening can provide you as an individual, but at least one type of gardening in particular has the potential to help all ...

A colony of bees is seen at at hive in the backyard of University of Maryland bee researcher Nathalie Steinhauer, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in College Park, Md. (AP ...

Your question is a critical one to ask when you are choosing fruiting plants. Some fruit trees do not require cross-pollination to reliably produce fruit. These are called self-fruitful or ...

East Lansing City Council members voted Tuesday night to provide an exemption in the city’s nuisance lawn ordinance for ...

Now’s a good weekend to check any beech trees on your property for the tell-tale sign of a new and potentially fatal disease. The disease is called beech leaf disease, and it’s now spread to all 67 ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I was wondering if you could provide me with a list of which fruit ...