I knew nothing about cat litter before I adopted my cat, Frank. Within the first couple of months together, I went through five different combinations of litter and litter boxes, looking for the ...

Campaigners are calling for a national litter strategy after most spots they surveyed in England over the last decade were blighted by the issue. Teams from the green group Keep Britain Tidy ...

For an earlier show of flowers, sow sweet peas and cosmos indoors, ready to plant seedlings outdoors in spring. This time of year is also perfect for planting bare-root trees and shrubs, saving money ...

Any Feng Shui enthusiast with a green thumb will know that snake plant benefits are truly transformative. Snake plants are extremely attractive and valuable plants, with more benefits than you may ...

The arrival of the new year brings with it the opportunity to sow seeds indoors for the year ahead. For some plants, including tropical crops like chillies and aubergines, sowing as early as January ...

Putricia has been placed behind a velvet rope in Sydney's botanic gardens An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the ...

Mark Fishpool says he will sometimes spend up to 10 hours a day collecting litter and rubbish around his home city A man who says he was brought up to be neat and tidy is appealing for more ...

It is best to get there early in the morning. Compost is made up of decayed plants and plant parts, which are then made into a soil amendment. This compost is used to change, or amend, a soil ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...