Ooofffff. What a start to the gardening season, after a long winter followed by a wet and cool spring. My great uncle Johnny, in his potato farmer wisdom, always said, “There’s always next ye… ...

When tree leaves turn over, it’s a sign of rain. While this can seem odd, this saying has some truth to it. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, leaves on trees will flip over to the silvery ...

Where spring leaves are already out — and what it means for the season “Spring leaf out” is occurring earlier than average in northern states due to a warm March.

Many times during the previous autumn and winter, my 2-year-old son Jacob would say, ”Tell me about the spring.” We would tell him of the flowers, the birds, the new leaves on the trees; of ...

Winter rain means more “plant lice” in the spring. ... Fortunately in the desert garden they afflict our dryland plants only in the spring, though they may remain year-round among roses.

Are you seeing brown, dry leaves on trees this spring? They may have been damaged by cold weather. “We didn’t get a hard freeze this spring, but we have had nights that got cold enough … ...