Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

Spring may seem the natural choice for kickstarting projects, but there are plenty of satisfying ideas you can prep ahead of time with these plants to plant in winter ...

ALEXANDRIA — The National Garden Bureau has named 2025 the Year of Asclepias (milkweed) — and for good reason. This resilient ...

As the groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter, gardeners eagerly await spring but can use this time wisely to plan and prepare for a pollinator-friendly landscape. Pollinators such as bees, ...

In 2023, it counted more than 230,000 butterflies and, on Friday, the organization announced that in 2024, it only saw 9,119 ...

Chia seeds provide fiber, essential omega-3 fatty acids, proteins, minerals, and antioxidants — components that may help lower cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure and promote other health ...

Local farmer Ned Birkey offers home garden planning tips. Also, see what gardening workshops are coming up in Monroe County.

Sand County Foundation is awarding pollinator seed starter kits to Charles City High School and nine other Iowa schools, the ...

Administrations change. But extinction is forever. Just because Goliath seems like a big dude doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep throwing rocks. Or milkweed seed. If previous generations had given up, we ...

I have solitude, peace here,” says Stella Cruz, whose native plant garden was a gift from Pollinator Project Rogue Valley.

A languid, loving portrait of Black farmers in the South, “Seeds” is a mixture of celebration and lament. Family farming has been endangered, but for African American farmers, the land ...