Many gardeners want to attract bees, butterflies, birds and hummingbirds, but most gardeners would rather not have deer or bunnies pay them a visit. Considering how large deer grow and how well ...

Discover how companion planting, intercropping, and sustainable practices like soil care and natural pest control create ...

Our master gardener reveals the strategies she employs to keep squirrels away from her raised beds, whether it's using wire, ...

Sometimes mistakes have good results. There’s a northern red cedar in my yard that grew to 6 feet until heavy snow broke the ...

Beyond the postcard-perfect downtown lies a community that operates at a pace that might initially confuse visitors accustomed to the frantic energy of larger cities. Here, nobody seems to be in a ...

Honeysuckle: A fragrant, sweet-nectared flower that butterflies love. Junonia: A genus of butterflies more commonly known as ...

Habitat loss is a great cause of wildlife endangerment. You can help in your home garden by creating a wildlife habitat with ...

Why buy sunflower seeds for your bird feeder when you can grow them? However, not all varieties of sunflower are created ...

Climate warming can impact plant quality, which in turn shapes the nutrition and immune defense of insect herbivores like ...

Butterflies are one of nature’s finest and subtle pollinating agents. The beauty of watching butterflies soar, change colours, and act as pollinators makes them a joy to spot in any garden, even one ...

DEAR ABBY: While attending a friend’s family barbecue, “Willa,” a young mother of four, drank too much and became ill. Drugs may have been involved. Understandably, the three older children became ...

A reader recently asked, “Why are there fewer birds in my yard than there were a few years ago?” There are many reason why there are fewer birds which needs a column all its own. The key is ...