Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

When I was young, we had several native pecan trees around the house, and behind my dad’s office on Main Street were several ...

In Texas, adult Pecan Nut Casebearer (PNC) moths deposit eggs during mid to late April or early May. Eggs are deposited on the tips of nuts shortly after tree pollination.

Shrubs and trees can be planted when the ground is not frozen, but should be covered with sheets or frost cloth during hard frosts. Slow-release fertilizers can be used once or twice during the ...

Hi, we’re Magali & Stefan. We live with nature on a Zone 5b–6a piece of land here in Canada, and it’s an honour to care for it. We grow our own food and help restore native biodiversity to the land.

As Central Texas faces it first 100-degree heat of 2025, we revisit this 2022 story on how to plant a drought tolerant, frost ...

Back roads took me past pecan groves and cotton fields and eventually to Charlane Woodlands, Chuck and Rose Lane Leavell’s ...

From stuffed croissant French toast to cardamom sugar-crusted Ocean Rolls, these are the best spots to grab a morning bite in ...

The bitter cold winters you find in some parts of the U.S. can prove too harsh for some plants. However, this plum tree ...

Pecan Orchard. Photo by Carla Smith. Carla Smith Horticulture Educator, Pottawatomie County Extension Service What should I be doing for my pecan trees in April? Pecan budbreak will be happening ...

Large pecan and red oak trees cover probably 8 of the 11 acres ... They are in the house all winter.) A: These are aphids. Curiously, hoyas are in the milkweed family, and you will see this ...

In the basement of the Newtown History Center, Smith blew dust from a round slice of tree trunk, the sole remnant of a once-lofty pecan tree more than 200 years old. That pecan tree stood where ...