Invasives: The fast growing Callery and Bradford pear trees might be beautiful, but they wreak havoc on local ecosystems.

The best way to clean most produce items, including pears, is to rinse them under clean water, Schaffner says. A few seconds ...

There's no need to wait for warm weather to plant sweet potatoes. You can grow them in containers indoors. Learn how to propagate, grow, and harvest them.

A longan seed was extracted from a fresh fruit and sown into soil. It took over 20 days for the seedling to come up and ...

Growing your own pecan tree for a ton of wonderful eating nuts might be easier than you think! Come with me on a pecan ...

Mission Hill resident Roderick Kersey holds a free plant at a tree and shrub giveaway hosted by Zoo New England during the Roxbury Crossing Farmers Market, Sept. 19. The giveaway was part of a zoo-run ...

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You can plant an olive pit and grow an olive tree either indoors or outside. Use an olive pit from an organic tree, rather than from a jar of olives you got at the store. Be patient! It can take years ...