Juliet is your community news reporter covering the South Coast of Santa Barbara County. Santa Barbara County growers are diversifying their crops by adding agave plants, creating a new agricultural ...

WELL, IT APPEARS the rainy fall weather has arrived, which is a good thing. As is seeing snow up in the mountains. As promised last week, I will explain the advantages to several types of root pruning ...

Cynthia Sass is a nutritionist and registered dietitian with master's degrees in both nutrition science and public health. Frequently seen on national TV, she's Health's contributing nutrition editor ...

It goes without saying that seasonal gardening tasks should be performed at specific times of the year, mainly because of the weather. But many gardening practices are also best performed at certain ...

Pruning can still be done. Contrary to popular belief, pruning can be done year-round. Light, judicious pruning in the fall does not kill plants and is often needed to control straggly and overgrown ...

The proper timing of gardening work has a real impact on getting the desired results. One of the challenges of gardening in southeast Louisiana (or anywhere) is learning when activities like planting, ...

Pruning hibiscus boosts branching, airflow, and blooms, though it delays flowers slightly. Tropical hibiscus is cut back by one-third in spring; hardy types just need dead stems removed. To shape as a ...

My Emerald Green arborvitae was looking good earlier in the year but now is turning brown and shedding. What is causing this and is there anything I can do to save this? Missouri is a struggle for ...

SAN DIEGO — An Ocean Beach neighborhood has a new attraction: a giant agave plant that has grown beyond the average height for the species. On Point Loma Avenue, the plant now towers over nearby homes ...

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California’s agave industry is exploding right now, expanding from just a couple dozen acres a few years ago to more than 1,000 acres today, with much more on the way. Though there are some larger ...

EUCLID, Ohio -- The City of Euclid has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Cuyahoga County Healthy Urban Tree Canopy Program to support ongoing efforts to preserve and enhance the community’s urban ...