If you like working with your hands, basket weaving can provide you with beautiful objects for your home, to give as gifts, ...

Fig souring (or sour rot) renders fruit inedible. It’s caused by yeast and bacteria, usually spread by insects. You’ll know it by the fermented smell, clear ooze from the fig’s eye and eventually, ...

Lovingly named Sunshine, the queen palm has been displaced from its home at the corner of First and Hill streets in downtown ...

The Pitt County Cooperative Extension hosted its monthly “North Side Plant Walk” at the Pitt County Arboretum Friday, July 11, 2025. The tour focused on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A couple weeks ago we discussed various types of fig trees which perform well in our climate and provide gardeners with a considerable amount of fruit. Our ...

Unlike conventional trees that store carbon temporarily in organic matter, the species is capable of converting the ...

The grey patches are likely lichen, a combination of a fungus and an algae. It is harmless to you and the tree. It is common ...

When you picture a flower and a pollinator, the odds are you’re imagining a colorful, perfumed flower, and a honeybee. Perhaps, if you’re feeling adventurous, a butterfly or a hummingbird. That’s a ...

A Guide to Common Insects and Diseases of Forest Trees in the Northeastern United States by United States Forest Service Publication date 1979 Topics Forest trees, Northeastern United States, Plant ...

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

Touch the fruit. Not all figs show obvious signs of ripening. Some, including the popular LSU Gold cultivar, remain green ...

Mediterranean plants are very popular in the United States. However, when considering non-native plants, be sure to check ...