Olives were a low-stress crop for millennia, but Greece shows how climate change has made the harvest much less ...

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While many edible plants last a single season, or a few years at the most, these trees will keep providing fruit to your family for 100 years or more.

Last December, at the height of Greece’s olive harvest season, two men drove a stolen white truck to the Glyfada mill in a small town not far from Kalamata. After idling the truck for a ...

To foster a wildlife-friendly backyard, plant viburnums, hawthorns, and hollies and attract more birds, bees, and butterflies ...

Lina Qasem Hassan treated victims of October 7th. She also publicly condemned the war in Gaza—a stance that imperilled her ...

Greek island hotels for a summer escape - From a village-like outpost in Corfu arranged around an 18th olive oil mill to a peninsula in Crete, these are the ultimate Greek island idylls ...

Some cherry and plum trees in the central Ohio area are turning black from a fungal disease. Here's what you need to know.

There are millions of plants on our planet, and inevitably, species from the same family end up looking alike. Wild plants aren't pre-labeled like produce found in a grocery store, and identifying ...

Have you ever noticed that your backyard apple or pear tree produces a large quantity of fruit one year, but a ...

In non-bearing years, the tree tends to expend its resources on vegetative growth since fruit production takes an enormous amount of energy. Although this is a natural occurrence, there are some ...