When I was a kid, Anne of Green Gables was my number one. The girl, the books, the miniseries, the musical — you name it, I was all about it. There was something about Anne's mix of curiosity, smarts, ...

My 6-year-old daughter Victoire wants to know why raspberries are covered with little hairs, unlike other berries. • The hairs on raspberries are the remains of the female parts of the raspberry ...

Bring bees and butterflies to your garden by planting Casa Blanca lilies. Their graceful white petals house green stamen with blood-orange anthers that bloom on three- to four-foot-tall stalks. These ...

A lot of living things on our planet have defenses they use in the wild to help them survive. For some plants, being poisonous may help keep them from becoming someone’s dinner. That’s what I found ...

Is there anything I can spray my autumn raspberries with to prevent the crop being ruined by raspberry beetle? It seems much worse this year. (T Buxton, via e-mail) The grubs of raspberry beetle ...