You may be familiar with the health benefits (both physical and mental) that gardening can provide you as an individual, but at least one type of gardening in particular has the potential to help all ...

When winter settles in, it’s easy to think your backyard is on pause. But if you look closely, you’ll find bees, butterflies, and other pollinators still searching for food and shelter. Your outdoor ...

Have you ever wondered why there’s so much buzz about saving the bees? They are notorious for crashing outdoor picnics and chasing fearful individuals (not that we would know). Bees are pollinators ...

As the weather warms, anticipation grows in people eager to grow vegetable gardens. Gardening daydreams become a canvas of plump tomatoes, colorful dangling peppers, and sprawling squash vines covered ...

When you think of nature, you might not think of your backyard, but right outside your back door is where nature starts. One way to help nature is to make sure the yard supports those important ...

If you want more bees, butterflies, and helpful hoverflies in your yard, you don’t need a pricey “pollinator garden kit.” The ...

In the United States, more than 40 million acres of land is turf grass. The fastest way to destroy an ecosystem is to transform it into lawn/turf grass — an outdated, expensive practice that creates a ...

With vegetable-growing season upon us, most of our energies are focused on getting the garden ready for our vegetables, starting seeds or ordering vegetable starts. In the midst of all of this, it’s ...

A bee lands on a flower at at Billings Farm in Woodstock on Sept. 21, 2024. File photo by Taylor Haynes/VTDigger Pollinators play a substantial role in Vermont, with 60% to 80% of the state’s wild ...

As the weather warms, anticipation grows in people eager to grow vegetable gardens. Gardening daydreams become a canvas of plump tomatoes, colorful dangling peppers, and sprawling squash vines covered ...