Growing up in suburban New York City, our house was surrounded by woods of primarily American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and white oak (Quercus alba). And one year it occurred to me that I could ...

The latest trending ice cube hack isn’t for making pancakes or elevating your Tomato-Basil Spritz. Surprisingly, it's for gardeners: According to the internet, you should be making poppy seed ice ...

A jar of poppy seeds sitting open next to two poppy seed bagels. - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock It's tempting to wonder if that little jar of grocery store poppy seeds in your pantry could do more than top ...

THE ovule, which later becomes the seed, is enclosed in the fruit vessel or ovary, the covering provided by the mother plant. During its development, the offspring is protected and nourished by its ...