The blue butterfly bush (Rotheca myricoides) is part of the Verbena family of tropical flowering plants that love the ...

A while back, I got a strange call from a reader who has followed my column for a while. This person asked if I’d ever heard of Toxic Squash Syndrome. Apparently, they had food poisoning symptoms that ...

If you feel the urge to plant a fruit tree now, despite the blistering heat, choose from white sapote, fig, guava, and ...

Mark explains that for many home vegetable gardens, winter can be a stronger growing season than summer, particularly in ...

It's likely that what you think is a "yam" in the U.S. really isn't a yam at all. This is where the biggest difference between sweet potatoes and yams begins.

Struggling to grow vegetables in scorching summer heat? Mark from Self Sufficient Me shares his top heat-tolerant plants ...

Everyone needs to consume iron to stay healthy. It helps your body transport oxygen, which keeps you energized, and it also prevents anemia and fatigue. Unfortunately, many people aren’t getting ...

Discover the best places to retire for gardeners, including cities with long growing seasons, ideal climates, and gardening resources.

Many people are reconsidering their Caesar salad lunches and berry breakfasts as cases of cyclosporiasis, the explosive-diarrhea illness, continue to rise in the U.S. The good news is, they don’t have ...

Kem Ormond is a features writer for The Country as well as Coast & Country, covering all aspects of rural life. Thought I would sow a seed: have you ever considered growing your own Brussels sprouts – ...

July is the perfect time to lounge in the sun, cross things off your bucket list, and have a cool, refreshing summer salad. But with the recent cyclosporiasis outbreak, you might want to be wary of ...