Growing a peach tree from a pit lets you enjoy the fun of raising a tree, even though it won’t match the parent fruit. Starting with a clean, dried pit and giving the seed a cold rest helps it sprout ...

Deep inside an undisclosed Charlotte hotel, the ACC Icons gathered together to discuss the latest issues facing the Atlantic ...

Urbana's Bluestem Hall Nature School sits on 120 acres of prairie and was designed to connect its students to nature. But ...

Put your hands together for the cheeriest gift of the season — the inaugural edition of Pudding, an anthology uniquely mirroring the suburb we all love ...

More than 700 Illinois schools are within a quarter-mile of crop fields, yet state law doesn’t require pesticide applicators to notify them before spraying. Advocates say a new notification proposal ...

Fertilizing fruit trees can improve the amount of fruit it produces, the quality of the fruit, and keep your tree healthy for longer. Wait until about a week before the last frost date in your area to ...

From your donor tree, take a stem cutting—also called a scion. This is the portion that will grow into the main tree, with the desirable DNA traits you're looking to reproduce (as opposed to the ...

In most cases, you can trim a neighbor's tree that hangs over your fence or crosses onto your property line. This is what to ...