Ron Smith answers questions about flowers, trees, gardens and shrubs.

We are paying about 5.4 percent more for food at the grocery store this year compared with last year.

Composting is a natural form of recycling that can benefit your garden.

Zucchini is a versatile food that's low in calories and fairly high in vitamin C.

Gardening provides fresh, nutritious food, stress relief and physical activity.

Squash are nutrition all-stars.

Some weeds are edible and can provide vitamins and minerals.

Now is a good time to think about what we put on our plate and perhaps growing some of the food we eat.

Swallowtail butterflies are important pollinators and their colorful, scaled wings, dabbed with yellow and blue, are a delightful sight among the flowers.

All pumpkin varieties are squash but not all squash are pumpkins.