Hybrid fruit trees are often hardier. They can also produce delicious fruit in more abundance than their parents. That's a boon for birds visiting your yard.

State authorities announced a 77-square-mile quarantine this week after five Mexican fruit flies were detected in La Mesa, ...

There is no better moment than when you're able to pick freshly grown produce from your own garden. But when it comes to ...

While Senate Bill 56 will bring change to marijuana users and growers next week, adults 21 and older can still legally grow up to six marijuana plants at home, as long as they follow a set of rules.

Something always waits for a chance to ruin a garden harvest. Birds eye the berries, squirrels plot their raids, and insects ...

Herbs: If you want black swallowtail butterflies to lay eggs in your garden, plant common fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). Fennel is a relati ...

A fruit is the seed-bearing, ripened ovary of a flowering plant that is edible. Many culinary vegetables are considered fruits in the botanical sense. Did you know the outer edible layer of most ...

By feeding plants with energy and CO₂ from decomposing trash, the dome turns a landfill into an unlikely food source.

The Spanish revival-style home, now up for sale, originally belonged to Mark Sennett, who helped launch the careers of screen legends like Charlie Chaplin ...

After several days of spring-like weather, a sharp drop in temperatures could threaten crops that have already started to bloom across western North Carolina.

In areas where freshwater is scarce, farmers often turn to treated wastewater to irrigate crops. And many regulators and consumers worry about exposing food to compounds routinely found in wastewater, ...

The closure of Del Monte Foods' two California canning plants has resulted in a projected $550 million loss for the region’s leading peach growers.