If you consider yourself a bit of a gardening newbie you may not be aware that there's more to it than basic typical planting dos and don'ts if you want a thriving landscape. Turns out there are some ...

As NOLA.com | Times-Picayune readers learned last week, the city’s palms are in the midst of an existential crisis — which is unusual for palms. The brush-topped trees, which are meant to mark us as a ...