PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- When you drive from Los Angeles to Palm Springs you are welcomed to the Coachella Valley by almost 1,100 wind turbines. The Palm Springs Windmill Tours gives guests an up close ...

Q: I have moved to a house with a 5-foot palm tree in the back yard. I suspect it is too late, but was I supposed to do something to protect this tree over the winter? It looks fine so far. -- P.K., ...

It is rumored that a couple of fellas were standing along Interstate 10 northwest of Palm Springs one fine spring morning a long time ago. “You know,” one fella said to the other. “In Holland, they ...

which had always been wimpy, and looked up. There they were, fuzzy and strange looking. Kind of like thick, stubby, yellow amaranth flowers. It took a second to register. I got so excited I went and ...

Q: In 2009 I planted a small windmill palm on the east side of my house. During the first four years I winter protected by using a wire cage covered in white plastic sheet material, filled with dry ...

The Coachella Valley celebrated the 40th anniversary of one of its iconic landmarks, the Palm Springs Windmill Farm. In 1982, 8 small wind turbines were installed in the outskirts of the North Palm ...