Last year, I wrote a story about the importance and power of small acts of kindness during the holiday season in the San Antonio Express-News. Those reflections feel even more urgent today. I now feel ...

Carob trees, which are native to the Mediterranean region, produce a bean that is valued for its taste, as well as its nutritional and medicinal value. According to legend, it takes as long as 70 ...

Gardening is an activity that really helps us to relieve stress, but it is not free of challenges. I am embarrassed to confess that I have had two unfortunate mishaps with tree roses. More accurately, ...

One of a plant lover’s greatest pleasures is discovering a species that thrives in a place where it has no business growing, at least according to accepted wisdom regarding that species’ growth ...

Ecologist Suzanne Simard says trees are "social creatures" that communicate with each other in remarkable ways — including warning each other of... Trees Talk To Each Other. 'Mother Tree' Ecologist ...

When my wife and I bought our home three decades ago, the persimmon tree in the front yard wasn’t a selling point. I found persimmons too tart, and my wife wasn’t crazy about the tree’s scraggly ...