Technically speaking, the aster family is a botanical crazy quilt of composite bloomers (plants whose inflorescences contain ...

November is the last chance to get your garden and yard systems set for winter and the possible freezes, and it's the last chance to prune, to clear, to plant, and to spray. Here are all the gardening ...

The gardenia bush is a perfect shrub for your garden that you don't even know you need. Do you have unused acid soil in front ...

With shiny green foliage and attractive berries, lingonberries are useful ground cover plants that will thrive in part-shade ...

As with deer hunting, the best time for hunting invasives is late October to early November. I do my hunting in a ledgy wooded area, about 30 feet by 50 feet where nothing, at least as far as I know, ...

Hundreds of people lit candles and left flowers and toys on Saturday to commemorate 14 people who were killed when a concrete ...

As fall foliage reaches its peak and begins to fade across most of the United States, trees are shedding their leaves in preparation for winter. This annual event poses a common question for ...

As fall foliage reaches its peak and begins to ... Should they rake the leaves in their yard, or let nature take its course? While there is no definitive answer, several factors should be ...

Rose Lavelle may have scored the dramatic game-winner, but Gotham's victory on Sunday was propelled by their lesser lights.

While there is no “bad” time to plant a tree, fall is a perfect ... tree planted in your yard, the City of Jacksonville’s ...

Only yard waste like ... in the curb line, in front of the property, could lead to fines being issued.” In response to confusion about fines, the city released an update that residents will not be ...

On a recent fall day, Tuttle’s 71-year-old daughter held her father’s heart-shaped medal for the first time after Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs presented it to her during a poignant Oct. 29 ...