On clear, still nights, when the sky acts as a heat sink drawing warmth upward from the soil, the difference between crop survival and crop loss can come down to a few degrees of retained heat. For ...

Tomato plants can look healthy yet produce no fruit. Often, the problem isn’t fertilizer or sunlight — it’s pollination. These four simple hand-pollination methods help transfer pollen when wind and ...

A new study found that two particular types of goldenrod are the best varieties of this powerhouse pollinator-attracting ...

Colorado lawmakers are weighing new restrictions on a class of pesticides after Gov. Jared Polis signaled support for a Democratic-backed bill aimed at protecting pollinators — a proposal that has ...

With a clearer understanding of seed packet terms, gardeners can shop seed catalogs with confidence and start planning their ...

Experience a garden in Pennsylvania so gorgeous and serene, it evokes the soft, vibrant beauty of a Claude Monet masterpiece.

In addition to anthropogenic risk factors, bats are affected by pests and pathogens like pseudogymnoascus destructans (or ...

One way to isolate seed-saving plants is to grow them in containers away from other garden plants, such as these four ...

Stephanie Stronsick has bats in her Berks County, Pennsylvania, house. On purpose. “Aw, look at her little face,” Stronsick said about an injured brown bat her husband was holding on a recent winter ...

Imagine, for a moment, our world without flowering plants.

(Beyond Pesticides, January 30, 2026) In a 2025 study published by the British Ecological Society’s Animal Ecology, researchers’ findings “suggest that beaver engineering created structurally diverse ...

If you enjoy money, tequila and saving the planet, you should also be asking this question. Concerningly, the most recent ...