Growing your own fruit at home may sound like it requires a lot of time and effort for healthy trees and bumper harvests. But ...

Sprawling orchards might come to mind when we think of fruit trees, but even the tiniest garden can offer fresh pickings for ...

Experts are attributing the rise in diseases like measles, whooping cough, and scabies to poverty and declining vaccination rates. There were at least 320 people treated in hospital with scabies ...

Gardening expert CIAR BYRNE advises thinking carefully about where to place a tree - it's going to be around for many decades ...

Sweet cherries are delicious, but for a truly pucker-producing experience, go with sour cherries. This tart fruit should be ...

Once the nymphs feed on a host, they change into adults. Hard ticks carry the germs that cause Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other diseases. Their bite doesn’t hurt.

If the leaves are left to decompose, the diseases they carry will be passed on to the new leaves in the spring, damaging the tree the leaves came from. Meyer recommends people unsure about their ...

Immediately, we may be seeing our tree’s leaves falling ... There is an appropriate time to remove leaves, though: when you know you’ve had diseases in your plants. Amanda Bratcher is the ...

PHOTOS BY GARRY BRANDENBURG — Fall season is upon us. While watching the color change of tree leaves from their familiar greens to yellows, reds, browns and purples, other critters have lots of ...

Trees are magnificent assets to our landscapes, providing shade, beauty, and environmental benefits. However, just like any living organism, ...

Although scabies is typically not severe and can be treated with creams or lotions, it can cause significant itching. The resurgence of diseases such as measles, whooping cough, and scabies is being ...