Growing lettuce ( Lactuca sativa) in the shade has a key benefit: It extends its life by keeping its roots cool. Planted in ...

Early spring weather means we're not out of the woods yet "Mother Nature has her own ideas," said Tina Anton, manager at Down to Earth Living garden center in Pomona.

Fire danger should be highest this spring in the drought-plagued southern Plains and interior Southwest, AccuWeather said. "Despite a few early spring storms, drought conditions remain deeply ...

Because they self-seed, you'll find more in your garden every spring. A hardy ground cover, the wood anemone is an early-spring flowering plant from the buttercup family with cheerful blooms.

All told, seasonal rainfall starting in March is now running 2.66 inches above average, reinforcing a wetter-than-average pattern that has been building since early spring.

Roughly 6,000 ships have wrecked on the Great Lakes, with about 1,500 occurring in Michigan waters. The deadliest early spring shipwreck on Lake Erie was the Anthony Wayne in 1850, resulting in up ...

“In upstate New York, you know, a couple inches here and there is certainly not unheard-of, even in the early spring,” said Abbey Gant, a meteorologist with the Weather Service office in Albany.