Reengineered metasequoia wood generates electricity from water flow while cooling buildings through evaporation, offering a dual-function material tested successfully in real-world cabin trials.

Apples and persimmons are two of the most popular fruit trees for personal gardens, but they have quite different needs, especially in terms of cold weather.

Apple detective Dave Benscoter and Keokee Books have developed a wiki to help landowners identify the apple varieties their trees grow.

These fruit trees benefit from being planted in the fall because it allows them to establish a good root system before extreme cold sets in.

If there's one thing we all know about nutmeg, it's that you can't make a good eggnog recipe without it. Also, it's in some cookies. And sometimes other drinks. Creamed onions, maybe? But many people ...

The original, “Eat an apple on going to bed and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread,” came from Wales. It took a day before I could ask Pika about the origin of her saying. She had picked up ...

A sign that the apples are going to detach simply can be when you see lots of windfall apples on the ground around trees. 'Healthy, ripe apples tend to drop from the tree naturally,' adds Aris. 'If ...