Tending to a giant pumpkin is a lot of work, a fact that Todd Kogut experienced first-hand when he grew a "monster" pumpkin for the first time this year. Encouraged by a friend who does it as a hobby, ...

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your garden and ...

Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are scarce in your area or you're growing fruit-bearing plants indoors, hand-pollinating is ...

Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds—which is ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Pollinating the pumpkins is actually not hard for these worker bees. They're working hard to create honey combs for their colonies. "Right now, when we looked in there, this hive ...