Now’s the best time to plant as we approach what we hope will be a bountiful winter of rains to get plants established.

They know their time is fleeting, and yet they have one mission: to provide for their next generations. While they consume the nutritious nectar our wild and native plants provide, they are collecting ...

If you live in an area where it rains often and the soil is usually damp as a result, you'll want to focus on fruit trees ...

To provide a pollinator waystation in your corridor garden, you can grow a diverse range of nectar-rich flowering plants and ...

It’s that time of year again for our 4-H plant sale, and we have some exciting new additions this fall! Elderberries: This year, we’re offering elderberry (American elder, Sambucus canadensis), an ...

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A caller to the Gloucester Extension office last week expressed interest in learning about how to grow American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis). Our initial phone conversation focused on soil testing ...

I have seen a plant all my life and always considered it a weed. Recently someone told me it was elderflower, and they use it in food and beers. Could you please tell me what it is? — Matt “Weed” is a ...

Q. When I was a young girl in the late 1950s, the bottoms of my feet were covered with plantar warts. It was almost impossible for me to walk in the morning and very, very painful all day. An old ...

Native elderberry ripens to dark purple clusters of berries that are bird favorites and may be consumed by humans as well. Native elderberry ripens to dark purple clusters of berries that are bird ...