It’s time again to check out how some of gardening’s new and/or timely products fared under real-life testing in the PennLive Horticultural Trial Laboratory (also known as My Back Yard). The pitch: ...

Before covering last week’s Harvard football game at Lafayette, I made the very fortunate decision to spend the night in New York City rather than in Easton, Pa. About 45 minutes before last ...

It was a close encounter in 2012 that made microbiologist John Jelesko take an interest in poison ivy. The Virginia Tech associate professor was cutting up a downed tree with an electric chainsaw.

1. Flowing sumac. It has sets of three leaves, with the larger top leaf, but the edges are rounded. 2. Poison ivy. The vine form when mature can carry berries, which turn from green to white or cream.

Before covering last week’s Harvard football game at Lafayette, I made the very fortunate decision to spend the night in New York City rather than in Easton, Pa. About 45 minutes before last ...