Wait until six weeks before your last frost date to start tomato seeds indoors. This will give them plenty of time to ...

Cassandra Krul and Keenan Massey claim they had no idea of the nightmare that was awaiting them. After the couple purchased ...

Not all lawn weeds behave the same way. Some develop over the winter months then erupt into bloom as the weather warms.

You can’t construct a strong building on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a great corn crop on a weak root system. From freezing temperatures to voracious ...

Q. I have heard of something called seed inoculation, but I don’t really understand it or where to start. Could you help me educate me on that? — Daniel P.

There's no universally superior option here. Seeds reward patience, offer genetic flexibility, and reduce disease risk on entry.

A private pollinator planting in Massac County recently benefited from a prescribed burn led by local landowners with support from the Southern Illinois Prescribed Burn Association (SIPBA). The projec ...

When the dryer buzzes, most of us peel the soft gray fluff from the lint screen and toss it without a second thought. It ...

As the global population climbs toward 10 billion and climate change strains farmland, scientists are searching for new ways to feed the world. A group of Cornell food science researchers say one ...

Learn how to build a garden compost system, choose a suitable method, manage greens and browns, control moisture and airflow, and know when it’s ready.

How do the different parts of an adult plant communicate with each other when it suffers an injury, is waterlogged, burnt or exposed to environmental stress? Today we can answer this question thanks ...