Q.: We had a local nursery plant a shad tree this past year as a replacement for a redbud that didn't make it in the lakeside location we had chosen. Winter winds were blamed for the tree's demise. We ...

Do you want to boost your home's curb appeal? Beyond updating your house's façade, refreshing your landscape is your next best bet. Everything from trimmed hedges to a freshly mowed lawn can enhance ...

In his book "Stalking the Wild Asparagus,” the late Euell Gibbons suggested marking the location of wild shadbush, when it blooms in April, in order to return for the mature fruit in late spring or ...

For hundreds of years, the annual run of the shad fish up the Schuylkill River was a critically important event to the inhabitants of Southeastern Pennsylvania. For the original Lenni Lenape, the ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

April might bring showers and May flowers, but it also brings bloom to some of Ohio’s native trees. If a tree also has four-season interest, it’s certainly one to consider for the home landscape. Such ...

Across the nation – I saw this during my last visit to Boise, Idaho, the place where my mother and sister (and her family) reside – subdivision after sprawling subdivision of McMansions is chewing up ...