Floating 250 miles above Earth, astronauts aboard the International Space Station aren't just orbiting, they're gardening. In a place with no up or down, no soil beneath their feet, and the vacuum of ...

How do you know when it's time to repot a houseplant? And what's the best way to do it? Here's everything you need to know ...

The principal purpose of soil is to provide mineral nutrition for the plant. About 20 elements make up the mineral nutrition requirements for plants, and if you can provide those, you’re providing a ...

If you want to grow more of your favorite plants without buying new ones, propagating at home is a simple and rewarding way ...

Have you ever been at a sporting event or concert and had to wiggle and reposition to get in just the right spot to see the action? Maybe you needed to shift left or right to see between two people.

Having native plants in a garden can create a good environment for caterpillars, which are hearty food for birds Dario Sanches via Wikimedia Commons under CC By-SA 2.0 As a boy growing up in the 1960s ...

I miss growing peonies, so I bought a bare-root peony plant in the garden section of the local big box store. Why don’t people have them in their gardens here? Peonies thrive in cooler climates. In ...

Sucrose provides plants with more than energy. It acts as a temperature sensor, signaling growth in warm conditions. “Temperature sensing is one of the last open questions in biology,” said Philip ...