Q. What are microclimates and why are they important in gardening? Gardeners throughout the U.S. should be familiar with the USDA plant hardiness zones which are based on minimum winter temperatures.

Microclimates can be found all over California. Microclimates are essentially small areas of weather unique to that region. There are climate areas of California (such as the coast, the mountain coast ...

Growing up in the marshy plains of the Texas Gulf Coast, Ellen Buchanon had seen her share of floods. But in 2017, when Hurricane Harvey dumped 40 inches of rain on her home in Silsbee, a suburb of ...