Today, there are 11 dawn redwoods on the Michigan Big Tree Register, a program of the Michigan Botanical Society. The ...

A number of readers have inquired as to the status of garden soil or landscaped ground following a fire. Burnt soil has obviously lost any mulch that had been present as well as the layer of ...

But wildfire experts say cutting down Southern California's chaparral won't make the region safer from wildfires. In fact, ...

Public school advocates argue that Utah Fits All and other school choice policies drain resources from public schools. But ...

“Just that little bit of ice sitting on the leaves really can damage things,” she said. While some tropicals, like ficus plants, a variety that includes rubber trees and fiddle leaf ...

Swampscott Conservancy Though it’s the shortest month, February can feel like the longest. With the holiday celebrations over and perhaps our New Year’s resolutions already broken, we’re left with ...

Did you know there are some houseplants you should never place in a bedroom? Us neither – but it turns out that some plants ...

Behind love, annoyance is the marquee domestic emotion, the fuel that powers the home. Leonard Cohen called it “the homicidal bitchin’ that goes down in every kitchen,” which sounds about right. It’s ...

"My husband tied the bus shelter opposite our house to a lamp post during ... accessing and fixing faults as falling debris and downed trees affected power lines, roads and access points.

There was a repair shop by a bend in the road, and a train station with two trains passing through each day, one that went to Mannheim, and the other which ran in the opposite direction ...