Gardening can teach valuable life lessons, such as patience and humility. Over-enthusiasm can lead to buying too many plants, so it is wise to plan ahead. Making small changes, like moving plants to ...

When it comes to farming, no two years are ever the same. Each season brings its own unique mix of weather shifts, pest pressures and disease outbreaks, forcing growers to adapt. The 2025 season was a ...

While farmers plant millions acres of plants like rye and clover to boost soil health and crowd out weeds, a cover crop does the same thing in the smallest home garden. With cover crops, a vegetable ...

I have returned safely from a fabulous two-week experience in Ecuador with the Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteers. We had 21 volunteers working in the indigenous communities ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

FRANCONIA — An environmental education grant was used to teach plant development and plant life to kindergarten students, with high school students in the greenhouse at the high school helping teach ...

In early spring in California, before the heat arrives and rainfall becomes history until fall, the state’s grasslands are still an emerald beauty. But to a trained eye, those green grasslands, such ...