If you love having avocados on hand, you might want to consider growing some at home. Fortunately, you can get started from ...

Turn your living room into a mini orchard.

If you're an avocado lover, you'll be happy to know that growing your own tree at home is possible. The subtropical plant thrives in warmer climates where it can grow up to 80 feet tall. In colder ...

Facing an unexpected heat wave, farmers like Ben Holtz struggle to protect their crops with costly water. Here's how this ...

Short on space but love avocados? This compact variety grows happily in a pot — and a little pruning can keep it small enough for patios or sunny corners.

A new, more aggressive strain of avocado lace bug is spreading through key production regions and targeting the state’s star product: the Hass variety.

Burnet Wohlford’s family built Escondido’s water supply. More than a century ago, his great-grandfather, Alvin, directed water to the area from the San Luis Rey River along a rock and brush canal.

Your options this weekend include SpringFest at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, the Gopher Tortoise Gallop 5K at Okeeheelee ...

Cultivating a tropical giant inside a living room requires more than just placing a pit in a jar of water. While the novelty of sprouting a seed is a common starting point, sustaining a long-term, ...

There are many factors that affect how well a dogwood tree blooms. Learn seven reasons your dogwood tree might not be blooming or producing many flowers this year.

Plants, like people, have a circadian clock and they sense seasonal changes to light and temperature. Plants that bloom in the spring use the longer days and warmer temperatures as seasonal cues that ...

A warmer winter was indicating a slightly earlier peak bloom, but the cold snap that brought snow to The Quad has now delayed the timing.