OUR flip flop summer – with sun one minute and downpours the next – can make it hard to know what to expect. And the ...

Desperation is mounting in Ecuador’s capital as thousands of people remain without drinking water a week into Quito’s worst ...

Forget about using repellants, soap, or sonic devices to keep armadillos away. There’s no science showing these are effective deterrents, says Pierce. For pesky armadillos, you may need to hire a ...

One soothing herb you may already have growing in a small container can do wonders for the soil in your garden. Naturally improve your soil with this plant.

Numerous factors can predispose someone to swimmer’s ear. They include a narrow ear canal, and skin diseases such as eczema or psoriasis. In addition, individuals wearing ear plugs, ear buds or ...

Gardeners are turning to homemade and commercially produced chlorophyll fertilizer to give their plants a boost, but is it actually doing any good?

Have any recent events made you pause and think about growing more of the food your family needs? I know that’s the case for ...

Pronounced aa-vuh-luh Beach, this charming town of a population of about 1,365 is located in San Luis Obispo (SLO to locals) ...

While ivy has some benefits, like providing shelter for birds and pollinators, its ability to smother plants, damaged mortar in older walls, and block sunlight makes it a common nuisance for gardeners ...

We blow into the outskirts of Arequipa on the bus from Cuzco at 5 a.m. It has been a 12-hour odyssey. My German friends and I ...

Winter can feel like a time to avoid the garden, but these simple jobs can help keep things productive through the cooler ...

Our Gulf beaches are world famous, but Sarasota has another great body of water—the Myakka, celebrating its 40th anniversary as Florida’s only “Wild and Scenic River.” ...