On a cold weekend a few years ago, a friend from church and a reader of our column asked me if I used unusual plants in my designs. If you are unable to get out into your yard, you can begin making ...

I had a banana tree with a bunch of young bananas damaged by strong wind and this shows the bananas ripened prematurely but ...

Walk into any American supermarket today and you'll find the same fruits stacked neatly in the produce aisle. Apples from Washington.Grapes from California. Bananas from Ecuador. These regional ...

Banana Tree is starting the new year with an offer of better than half price Bowls of Greatness. Throughout January, guests can order two of Banana Tree’s dishes, Laksa and Ramen, for £6.95, savings ...

Filling your yard with edible plants is a no-brainer. It's always nice to have backup food sources in case you lose your income or there are emergency food shortages. But choosing abundant producers ...

Across India’s fast-growing cities, indoor spaces—from compact apartments and busy office rooms to verandahs, staircases, terraces, porticos, and even corridors—are becoming the new frontier of ...

Bananas may look the same, but small differences in their appearances hide a fascinating history. In fact, the bananas most people eat today are different from what your grandparents knew. Up until ...

Herbs. Red valerian or Jupiter’s beard (Centranthus ruber) is a long-blooming perennial from the western Mediterranean that will spread throughout your garden with the greatest of ease. Its mildly ...

Until the 1950s. the most popular commercial banana variety in the world was the Gros Michel, which was affectionately known as “Big Mike.” Due to Panama wilt, a fungus disease, it was virtually wiped ...