Winter gardening can often feel like a daunting task, especially when the vibrant colors and lush greenery of other seasons fade away. Many gardeners find themselves struggling to maintain their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I recently visited a beautiful preserve up north in Putnum County. Fern Cliff Nature Preserve, located near Greencastle, consists ...

Ferns, Mosses and Forest Plants -Back by popular demand, Saturday, August 18, 9:00 am – 10:30 am Join Helen Hamilton to look for summer forest plants, ferns and mosses, on a short trail in Freedom ...

Even in this super-colorful springtime, let’s slow down to appreciate a handful of peculiar, often underappreciated oddities that adorn other landscape plants.

Mosses, liverworts, ferns and algae may offer an exciting new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease. Mosses, liverworts, ferns and algae may offer an ...

In a past column I featured many of the locations where cliffs and bluffs can be found in Indiana. While the limestone and sandstone that form these natural features usually generate the most ...

The leaf drop this year was a little later than normal, but after a colorful finale, foliage did fall. Now, until they get covered by the impending snow, we see leaf colors on the ground under the ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. If you happen to be driving along the Blue Ridge ...

Common names of plants can be deceptive. For most people, this is not really an issue, but for the few uptight, botanical know-it-alls among us, common names can be a little annoying. We find it ...

I recently visited a beautiful preserve up north in Putnum County. Fern Cliff Nature Preserve, located near Greencastle, consists of 157 acres of deep, wooded ravines and steep, sandstone cliffs. The ...