For decades, digging was considered an essential part of gardening. But modern insights show that less intervention often ...

Tired of empty garden beds but not ready to surrender your space to aggressive invaders? You’re in luck. Some plants grow quickly and politely, filling out your flower beds with lush foliage and ...

From table salt to snowflakes, and from gemstones to diamonds—we encounter crystals everywhere in daily life, usually cubic (table salt) or hexagonal (snowflakes). Researchers from Noushine ...

Below, we look at the best breathtakingly beautiful early spring flowers, including blossom. We also recommend the best ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

GS Plant Foods has updated its inventory and is once again offering its Organic Liquid Humic Acid to organic gardeners looking for eco-friendly and child-safe soil amendments.

March is when gardeners' fingers start to really twitch. The sun's warmth and patches of bare earth make us yearn for the ...

You may not have ever heard of Elaine Ingham, but if you read this column and follow my advice, you are using her concepts.

Richard Foster’s disciplined attention to spiritual formation began early on. Senior managing editor Mark Galli sat down with Foster in his home in Colorado to talk about the genesis of his lifelong ...

An elderly or already dead tree is one of the underrated spots in the garden. It can be wonderfully revitalized with climbing plants. Why this can be beneficial, how it works, and which plants are ...