Most gardeners spend 30 minutes or more a day standing with a hose, watering their garden. The plants that survive aren’t the ...

Pathogens like the “flesh-eating” bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, are becoming more abundant, because they thrive in warmer water. Fungi, meanwhile, prefer to grow at cooler temperatures, meaning that ...

Many of us are guilty of leaving food in the fridge or at the back of cupboards until it expires or begins to rot. Figures show that around 9.52 million tonnes of food are wasted annually – enough to ...

If your shoes pick up an orange-yellow dust every time you walk across the lawn, the grass is telling you something specific. That powder is fungal spores, not pollen, and it is the visible signature ...

Spring cleaning season has brought new reminders about what can and cannot be recycled in the area. The Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority shared that yard tools like shovels and rakes are not ...