North Carolina is experiencing climate change: warmer temperatures (especially at night), more frequent extreme rainfall and a rise in sea level, scientists have found. Farmers and gardeners must ...

While this region is is getting a break in winter weather this month February, the beginning of the year brought some pretty ...

With the cold weather and the little bit of snow our area experienced over the past few days, perhaps it’s a good time to consider the cold hardiness of our landscape plants. The USDA Cold ...

By Sarina Rattler For the Salisbury Post As winter lingers, you may find yourself looking ahead to spring or summer. I certainly am. Dreaming of a beach vacation makes the winter doldrums pass by just ...

Most of northeast Nebraska is in plant hardiness zones 5a or 5b. The USDA hardiness zone map is used by growers and gardeners to select trees, shrubs and perennials that will survive winter ...

Tropical Storm Helene destroyed nearly 1,000 homes when it tore through Western North Carolina Sept. 27, maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency show. The maps, which show verified ...

Are you a mountains person, a beach person or somewhere in between? These retirement spots are among the best in the country, ...

Once each of the hundreds of cities and counties across the state receives the maps, they have 30 days to make the new zones public and 120 days to officially adopt the maps and begin applying the ...