Even with the cool temperatures at this summer's start and an early June with less rain than usual, we are still seeing abundant changes outdoors. We need not even leave our yards to see the growth ...

Spring is here — and it’s pollen season again. For a while we’ve been cleaning off the familiar yellow film blanketing our cars, decks and driveways, and we’ve been watching the pollen scum floating ...

This week, I heard an interesting piece on TV in which someone alluded to the fact that “flowers like tulips and daffodils don’t cause allergies,” but trees like oaks and maples do. This caught my ear ...

South Bend Tribune: Look up the next time you pass a pine tree in Michiana — chances are it’s loaded with cones. Conditions this season are ripe for an abundance of these woody reproductive organs of ...