Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everything was going so well in your garden…until your uninvited guests showed up and ate everything. While you wouldn’t mind if ...

Nature is a beautiful thing, but sometimes it can wreak havoc on a garden. Insects and wildlife have to eat, of course, and when we lay out a veritable buffet, who can blame them for gorging ...

Just because snow is covering the ground doesn’t mean your plants and trees are safe from deer or rabbits. Although these creatures often do the worst damage to plants during the growing season, in ...

"This looks like it could double up as shading in high-temperature conditions." ...

The worst threat to young trees and shrubs in winter isn’t cold or snow. “It’s bunnies and Bambi,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle.

Years ago, I found myself engaged in horticultural combat with a marauding band of suburban raccoons. They apparently had a committee meeting one winter and decided that, as a group, their primary ...

Easter is coming. Many families purchase live rabbits as pets for their children. Parents often think rabbits are good "starter" pets and don't understand what they are getting into. Many of these ...

Nature is a beautiful thing, but sometimes it can wreak havoc on a garden. Insects and wildlife have to eat, of course, and when we lay out a veritable buffet, who can blame them for gorging ...