If you love houseplants or Japanese gardens, you've probably wondered what it takes to grow and care for a bonsai. You're in luck: Martha Stewart has shared beginner-friendly tips for cultivating ...

My husband asks what I plan to do with my placenta. It is spring, and we have been unexpectedly gifted some elk meat. He removes all the contents of our freezer to make room for portions of another ...

The Brothers Grimm would not have a bestseller on their hands if they tried to publish a collection of their stories in this sensitive era. Abuse, murder, cannibalism? In a children’s story? Well, we ...

Varlin Higbee walks through a dense pinyon-juniper woodland in Lincoln County, Nev. The county commissioner would like to see the trees harvested and used for the production of biofuel. (Louis Sahagun ...

This time of year, national forests in Colorado open up portions of the land for harvesting Christmas trees. But one conservation group in southern Colorado is encouraging something a little different ...

MEADMAKERS: Lynn and Deondra Childers stand behind the bar at Juniper Tree Meadery. Credit: Stephanie Smittle For the uninitiated, mead is a drink made by fermenting honey. Hailed as humanity’s first ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — On March 25, 2021, the body of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji was found buried in a shallow grave in Rock Bridge Memorial State Park near Columbia, Missouri. Above Mengqi's burial site was a ...

Old-growth juniper trees are a symbol of the American West. Their ancient and gnarled trunks and branches twist into haunting shapes immortalized in photos by Ansel Adams. East of Bend, in the Oregon ...

There are few trees so universally beloved as the conifer. In winter, they’re a classic, enchanting image as their branches droop with snow. In summer, they provide much-needed shade — and shelter for ...

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To the editor: Those who choose to ignore history will one day have to relive it. The proposal for Nevada and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to tear out juniper and pinyon pine forests to make ...

While most of the gin world relies on the same European common juniper, biology professor turned botanical pioneer Molly Cummings sought out a “uniquely Texas” spirit. Her journey led her deep into ...