In a bygone era apples were limited to a handful of varieties. Nowadays shoppers have a bushel of choices. We grabbed a bunch ...

Ah, Santa Cruz County — where the coastline sparkles, the people glow (thanks, kombucha), and the food scene operates on the assumption that calories don’t count if they’re local. Every week, someone ...

Save some money, and a trip to the grocery store, by growing a fresh batch of certain fruits, veggies, and herbs from your ...

Individual cloves that are split from golfball-sized bulbs are ideally planted in Pennsylvania in mid to late October.

In simple terms, compost is the product of controlled biological decomposition of organic material in an oxygenated (aerobic) ...

As the chill of winter sets in, a garden's hidden gems begin to reveal themselves, offering unexpected bursts of color and fragrance amidst the frost.

Those toadstools, puffballs, earth-stars and other fungi springing up now can alarm gardeners. Digging out fungi or applying ...

If you enjoy cooking up a storm, garlic is the one staple ingredient to add flavor to all kinds of dishes — from sauces and ...

BOY, IT IS getting darker way too early and that has its own problems because I’ve got a big list of October jobs for you to do with ever-shortening days.