I arrived in Tyler during the winter season five years ago. The city made a huge impression on me, especially since I was ...

Have you ever found small footprints on your patio during the night or tiny droppings near your flower beds and thought it was just an illusion? Well, it may not be an illusion after all. Your lawn ...

Rome’s Trevi Fountain will introduce a €2 entry fee from February 2026 as the city moves to manage crowds and protect one of its most iconic landmarks. Rome is taking a decisive step to rein in ...

Have you ever heard a deceptive person referred to as a snake in the grass? The ancient idiom's origins are highly debated, but the meaning remains clear to this day. In fact, snakes do like to sneak ...

Tourists will have to pay a two-euro entrance fee to get close to Rome's famous Trevi Fountain, which draws vast crowds daily, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said on Friday. The monument, located in a public ...

Fountain grass, an invasive plant that originates from northeast Africa, is taking over the Region of Murcia in Spain, and it's become so prolific that officials have deemed it an "environmental ...

Q: When should I prune my rose bushes? They never really go completely dormant, in that they keep their leaves and occasionally bloom throughout the winter. Although roses sometimes don’t go ...

Katie Alderman, widow of Fountain Policeman Julian “JB” Becerra, becomes emotional when speaking a few words at the dedication of a park in Fountain to her husband on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. Becerra ...

Do you know what a secateur is? I encountered the word a few years ago in a magazine featuring Martha Stewart, who was describing the fine points of the secateur she was marketing. A secateur is ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about being enamored with purple flowers and the feeling of calm their presence in the garden creates. I mentioned this was not by chance, since purple is an analogous color of ...

After the discovery of the Americas in the 15th century, Europeans brought back many types of plants that gardeners take for granted today, including potatoes, sunflowers, and tomatoes. Pampas grass ...