Bare trees sprouting green leaves, the sun warming and shining on the damp earth, and hundreds of flowers poking upward are ...

Learn how to spot and avoid poisonous plants like poison ivy, hemlock, and giant hogweed while hiking Michigan trails this ...

The Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) has a small, yellow, bell-shaped flower which seems to nod over its surroundings. The leaves have a ... Spring Beauty bulbs 2 to 3 inches deep in the ...

I helped teach a class to my Pathfinders, a Christian group likethe Boy Scouts, on wild edibles. You know, there are several different approaches to weeds. You could pull the weeds by hand by digging ...

Bees prefer yellow flowers to red ones, reveals new research. And the findings may eventually lead to higher-yielding crops, ...

Bees are essential for our environment as they help pollinate plants, which is crucial for plant reproduction and global food ...

If you're tired of looking at these dark patches of dirt, consider growing these shade-loving ground covers. Ground covers ...

If we didn't have bees and the many other insect species that live in the UK, our ecosystem would soon face serious collapse ...

If we didn't have bees and the many other insect species that live in the UK, our ecosystem would soon face serious collapse ...

There is a time when spring’s new leaves are just opened, the grasses are growing to their first tallness, violets — yellow and blue, cowslips, crowfoots, woodruff, false Solomon‘s seal are in bloom, ...

Wild lands have their treasures, but farmland also holds precious life while being carefully managed by caretakers. Michael Johnson reminds readers of the importance of enjoying all that land offers.

Creeping thyme ( Thymus spp.) is a fast-growing herbaceous perennial in the mint family. The low-growing plant, also called Breckland thyme or elfin thyme, produces small blooms in shades of pink, ...