I have a city garden and an allotment where I grow fruit, veg and cut flowers, and without plant supports, we’d be looking at a hot, floppy mess by summer. My army of canes, obelisks, string and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One evening, I was sitting on the bench beside our pond, watching spring arrive. The ice had nearly melted on the pond, and the buds on the swamp maples were ...

Plant supports are an important element for every vegetable garden. They keep plants off the ground, increase productivity and even add interest to what might otherwise be a ho-hum garden. Pole beans ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Our vegetable gardens have gotten a crash course in Northeast Ohio summer weather the past couple of weeks—high winds, even higher temperatures, and relative drought have all ...

Some plants just want to stretch out. But if you don’t give fast-extending pole beans, morning glories, clematis, and similar vining plants something to grab onto, they’ll run, flop, and generally ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- My ongoing quest to devise the ultimate tomato plant support saw some progress this summer as I tinkered with last year’s set-up. The ultimate goal is a tomato support system that ...

Think of how many different kinds of plants grow in a forest or any uncultivated area. Such environments contain a large variety of plants, animals, and insects. Plants thrive in biodiversity. A ...

Every self-quarantined morning these days I sit on my front steps and watch a bee have its breakfast at a crocus or azalea, a tranquil reminder that while disruptions continue to the world of man, ...