Fall is here, and with it one of the most dreaded of chores: wrangling dead leaves. For any yard-owners thinking, “There must be a better way!”—fear not. We’ve talked to the experts to get recommendations for getting rid of leaves ...

The most irrigated crop in the US isn’t a particularly tasty one. Nationwide, lawn grass takes up a total area bigger than the size of Georgia, and requires more than 300 gallons of watering per household a day. “These turf ...

The word “bomb” is not usually associated with positive things. Except in this case, where making seed bombs could help the ecological restoration of your neighborhood.  These marble-sized balls have resurfaced on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, where guerrilla ...

Parasitic plants make up about 1 percent of flowering species within the plant kingdom and their quirks and tricks continue to come with surprises. Some parasitic plants are now potentially evolving to be so dependent on their host plants, that ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › If you spent spring and summer honing your propagating skills, you now probably have a bunch of new green babies.  If windowsill ...

While plants can’t chat like people, they don’t just sit in restful silence. Under certain conditions—such as a lack of water or physical damage—plants vibrate and emit sound waves. Typically, those waves are too high-pitched for the human ear and ...

Despite witch hazel plants’ various medicinal uses, a closer inspection of their propagation techniques more resembles cannonfire than convalescence. As witch hazels’ woody seed capsules dry and warp, they split open and build pressure against the seeds themselves. Eventually, the ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Are you someone who has managed to bring a cactus to its untimely end? Does a pothos quiver in your presence? ...

As your car sits parked in the shade of a tree, a silent threat lurks above. Drop by drop, tree sap falls from the branches overhead, landing on your vehicle’s formerly sparkling hood. You’ll want to get it off before ...

In the forests of British Columbia, where recent wildfires have sent smoke across borders and dimmed blue summer skies, a series of studies from the past 30 years contends that large, old trees send resources and messages to the seedlings ...