The wildfire in Northern California has grown to scorch nearly 30,000 acres, destroy 51 structures and killed one person, fire officials said Thursday. The Soberanes Fire north of Big Sur has burned 29,877 acres and remains just 15 percent contained while firefighters in Southern California have managed to get the ... Read More »

Sweet peas are the 1930s debutantes of the flower world. Their soft frilly blooms come in ball gown shades of cream, pink, soft blue and purple. Plunge your nose into a bunch and you feel like a drunken bee, hit with their heady honey-like fragrance. One of the nicest things ... Read More »

Celebrity designer Lonni Paul not only comes up with the vision for beautiful nurseries, she also designs the furniture and bedding with her PetitNest line. And she makes sure that moms and dads will enjoy the rooms, too. “I like to design nurseries that don’t just focus on the baby because new parents will ... Read More »

The best way to think of succulents is as ‘fat plants’. Parts of them, usually their leaves, swell up with water and this stops them from drying out in arid conditions. Cacti are the most obvious examples but sedums and sempervivums are also common. They all share that fleshy, tender ... Read More »

WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2016 — Bedbugs may be developing thicker “skins” that help them resist common pesticides, a new study suggests. This might explain why bedbug populations are increasing worldwide, the researchers added. “If we understand the biological mechanisms bedbugs use to beat insecticides, we may be able to spot ... Read More »