That orange seed you just spit out? Grow a tree
This undated photo shows a grapefruit and its seeds in New Paltz, N.Y. Citrus seeds are very easy to sprout and grow int...
Tiny indigenous land highlights Brazil’s environmental woes
SAO PAULO — Their bodies painted black, dozens of members the Brazil’s Guarani Mbya tribe lift their hands and sing a mourning song for hundreds of fe...
Extreme weather has gardeners looking for resilient plants
Fiercer and more frequent natural disasters in recent years have many homeowners re-evaluating their landscaping. Many are restocking with trees and p...
Dog sleuths sniff out crop disease hitting citrus trees
WASHINGTON — Dog detectives might be able to help save ailing citrus groves, research published Monday suggests.
RIGHT AT HOME: Reclaimed wood’s past adds character to decor
In their new book, ``Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide’’ (Abrams, 2019), woodworkers Alan Solomon and Klaas Armster close with an imagined recounting of o...
Sit tight, gardeners, the plants need to chill
Outdoor plants in cold climates need to bank a certain number of hours being chilly during the winter for their buds to awaken in the coming months. A...
Rio residents try to bring green to a concrete jungle
RIO DE JANEIRO — Alê Roque wanders the untamed orchard in Rio de Janeiro, pushing aside leaves to point out what she helped plant last year. “This is ...
Clones help famous elm tree named Herbie live on, for now
YARMOUTH, Maine — A massive elm tree nicknamed Herbie is long gone, but it is going to live on, thanks to cloned trees that are being made available t...
Pothole Christmas tree inspires pastor to write holiday song
McCOMB, Miss. — A scraggly metal Christmas tree planted in a pothole has inspired a Mississippi minister to pen a holiday song.
Cowboys for Trump group now says sand wasn’t from monument
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Iconic gypsum sand that the group Cowboys for Trump had said was from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico and was sent to ...
The search is on for a red panda that escaped a French zoo
PARIS — A search is on for a red panda that broke out of a zoo in the Rhone region of southeastern France.
High-tech chestnuts: US to consider genetically altered tree
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Chestnuts harvested from high branches on a chilly fall morning look typical: they're marble sized, russet colored and nestled in pri...