Vines, vines, everywhere vines. They seem to be flourishing, occupying every niche possible, growing on trees and fences or trailing along telephone wires. Are they part of nature’s bounty or a ...

My mother, who grew up outside Boston, loved telling the story about one of her early visits "up home" to visit my father’s family in rural Whitefield, Maine. This happened in the 1940s. By then, ...

Wine grapes shown growing at the vineyard near the Robert Mondavi Institute of Food and Wine at UC Davis. (Greg Urquiaga/UC Davis) A team of scientists has made a significant breakthrough in the ...

As climate change threatens global agricultural systems, understanding the adaptability of wild plant relatives is crucial. This study explores the potential distribution shifts of cultivated and wild ...

This week, Central New York gardening writer Carol T. Bradford responds to two reader questions. Dear Carol: I have some wild grape vines growing, but only one of them has fruit. There are others ...

Late summer to early fall is muscadine season in the South. Muscadines (Vitis rotundifolia) are a native grape and are known to have been cultivated by American Indians for hundreds of years. They are ...

That I was clutching my garden’s last tomatoes should have given me a clue to the time of year. But then, I walked past some wild grape vines on the way back to my house, and the beckoning aroma of ...

Fall is an exciting time of year for those of us who love the outdoors. As our favorite hunting, trapping, and trout seasons open, we find ourselves spending even more time in the woods and the ...