If you're like me, you can't wait to get outside in the garden and yard once the weather starts warming up. Like a magnet, I'm drawn every day to go looking to see what plants are popping out of the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Thinking is changing on spring garden cleanup. The goal used to be to get out there as soon as possible ...

Mourning Cloak butterflies overwinter as an adult in cracks in tree bark, under leaves and in other sheltered area. Photo by Patrick Coin With the longer days and warmer temperatures, there is an urge ...

When the blare of the year’s first leaf blower awakened me one morning last week, I realized spring cleanup had commenced -- no matter that March could still roar like a lion here in my Long Island, ...

The need for seasonal garden cleanup can be a controversial subject. How much to do in autumn, and how much to leave for spring, is a question best answered by, “It depends.” Questions to ask yourself ...