LISBON –If you plant them they will come. Milkweed, that is! Milkweed and Monarch butterflies have an essential connection because the monarchs only lay their eggs on the leaves of the milkweed plant.

This past week has been glorious in the garden. I have basked in the radiance of autumn foliage, and the warm sunshine under cloudless skies has made for an enjoyable stretch outdoors. The aromatic ...

With the cold and snow of late November, we get to witness the onset of the chilly season in the Northland. Each year we observe this seasonal change during the second half of this cooling month.

This was supposed to be an article on the magic of monarch butterflies. Sitting recently on a not-so-comfy Adirondack chair, looking out over an idyllic Maine fishing harbor, I was mesmerized by a ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! I hope everyone survived the brutal heat wave last week. More normal temperatures have dominated this last week of June. Now we just need some rain!

In front of Starr's Cave Nature Center is a small pocket of prairie whose native plants make it an important way station for monarch butterflies on their way to and from their overwinter grounds in ...