Where they live: Plants are found on every continent, even Antarctica, and every ocean. What they eat: Plants use sunlight for photosynthesis, which produces sugars that fuel them. Plants are an ...

Only six years old at the time, I was at first put off by these garish plants. Such strange and vibrant flowers seemed out of place among the respectable beans, peppers, spinach, and other ...

So, what can you plant right now? Cool -season crops like lettuce, carrots, onions, peas, cabbage, broccoli, kale, radishes, beets, potatoes and spinach can be planted if the soil isn’t soggy.

These underground reservoirs of steam and hot water can be tapped to generate electricity or to heat and cool buildings directly ... or for growing plants in greenhouses. Some U.S. cities pipe ...