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… ...

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.

Like farmers throughout the Midwest, this spring's torrential rains turned Andrew Dunham's land into sticky muck that set him back nearly a month in planting his crops. Unlike other farmers ...

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 … ...

A spring storm hit Fort Collins on May 7, bringing hail, thunder, lightning and heavy rain. The storm caused minor street flooding and shredded leaves with slushy hail.

Two of my favorite spring plants, almost entirely based upon their progression from bud to leaf, are beech trees and false hellebore (a common wetland plant). I was thinking about why they are so ...

This spring's Torrential rain this spring prevented most Midwest farmers from planting their crops but while the federal government provides help to growers of corn and soybeans, those who grow ...