Mountain laurel holds the garden spotlight on this Memorial Day weekend as the Pocono's premier plant. As the Pennsylvania state flower, mountain laurel is readily recognized by its beauty along the ...

Although mountain laurel is Pennsylvania’s state flower, I rarely see it growing in our area. In fact, locally I know of just one small shrub growing out of a rock formation above French Creek near ...

Windowsill herb plants would seem a perfect antidote to winter’s visual and culinary blandness, except that such plants rarely do as well as billed. The ideal windowsill herb thrives despite dry air ...

If you’re like me, it’s been practically killing you to wait for warmer weather to plant your tomatoes. You were wise to wait. Cold temperatures can easily damage tomatoes, and once maimed, they ...