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Japanese Honeysuckle: Can This Invasive Plant Help You Beat the Summer Heat?

If you haven’t seen it trailing over fences, climbing trees, and occupying the edges and understories of forests, you’ve probably at least caught a whiff of its heavenly scent. Japanese honeysuckle is a vigorous, woody vine with fragrant, white flowers that quickly fade to yellow. In China it is called

Death Valley Springs to Life With a Rare Superbloom

For Powerful Traditional Remedies, Know and Grow Medicinal Herbs (R) Rosemary

March Gardening – 16 Tasks to Tackle This Month

24 Solar Terms without Borders: Make America Healthy Again

In traditional China, the solar term Awakening of Insects (roughly March 5 – March 20) marks the time to plant beans. Unlike many crops that deplete the soil, beans do

Plum Blossoms at the Turning of Spring: Eight Classical Poems and the Spirit of Renewal at Lichun 2026

By Chen Jing Today marks Lichun, the beginning of spring. The east wind loosens the ice. Though the chill of late winter has not yet faded, the air between heaven

For Powerful Traditional Remedies, Know and Grow Medicinal Herbs (Q) Queen Anne’s Lace

Best Practice for Overwintering Plants

Fungus Fest 2025: a Mush-Anticipated Learning Event at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum

The Original Farmers: How Ants Mastered Agriculture Long Before Us

For Powerful Traditional Remedies, Know and Grow Medicinal Herbs (N) Nasturtium

Around the World With Cucumbers – 6 Exciting Ways to Enjoy This Summer Staple

Autumn Activities for All the Family

It is essential to keep our children active; physically, mentally, and socially. While fall is jam-packed...

Fall Foraging- Wild Edibles (Part 3)

As the traditional time for harvest, you might guess that autumn is ideal for foraging wild edibles....

Bluebells – The Gorgeous, yet Poisonous, Enchantress

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) is a bulbous perennial plant that belongs to the Liliaceae (Lily...

Saving Insects: The Rivets to Our Ecosystem Are Loose

Insects are the world's largest animal group. It is believed that there are 10 quintillion of them on...

Ginseng: A (Conditional) Traditional Medicinal That You Can Grow at Home

A Traditional medicine of diverse roots Ginseng has been used for thousands of years as a powerful...

Symbiotic Associations: 5 Fascinating Relationships Between Flora and Fauna

It is not uncommon to find a relationship between plants and animals. We are well aware of the role insects...

Composting Restores Soil, Plant and Human Health

While the word “dirt” usually carries negative connotations, it can also be seen as the basis of our...

‘Companion Plants’ Make Cheerful Friends for Single Dwellers

Most gardeners are familiar with the term “companion planting,” the practice of placing certain plants...

Backyard Chickens: Useful, Easy and Amusing Pets

After pork, poultry is the most widely eaten flesh food in the world. With the bonus product of eggs,...

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