Many gardeners get itchy while waiting for planting season to roll around, so if you're looking to get a jumpstart, here's ...

A rock salt shortage is impacting contractors across the state as a prolonged stretch of cold weather drives historic demand.

"When the weather turns cold, windy and snowy, many of us prefer to stay indoors and keep warm at home," Darci Webber writes.

If road salt or salt spray ends up in your garden, you can usually fix your soil and plants before any severe damage is done. To start, wait until the ground thaws in spring, and then leach excess ...

Peperomia 'Ginny', belongs to a popular genus of tropical houseplants in the pepper family Piperacea. This colorful cultivar earns the common name 'Rainbow peperomia' for its glossy, variegated leaves ...

This is the final tax year for a cap on the federal government's State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction, which reduces your IRS income tax bill based on taxes you've already paid to state and local ...

However, the word among gardening buffs is that a natural deterrent is best to keep these rodents from breaching home borders. Faced with rodent troubles in her own green space, Maia Brown sought ...

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A groundbreaking imaging method for tracking salt inside plant cells has rewritten knowledge of how roots handle toxic levels of sodium ions. The findings might aid efforts to boost plant ...

Salt and sand Products that melt ice – like ... Shoveling snow and ice moves this slush from your walks and driveways into your yard and garden beds, thus compounding the effects.

The temperature drops, ice starts forming on the pavement, you head out with a grumble, sprinkle some salt, and get on your way, hoping the streets have been salted too. But if that salt ...