Thankfully, many native plants are perfect for some of the best beneficials. Native plant species may even grow along the borders of your farm naturally. In that case, it’s just a matter of fostering ...

Located in the middle of the Great Plains, Nebraska has a reputation as treeless plain - even our name means "flat water". So how did we become the “Tree Planters State” and the home of Arbor ...

Worshippers fill St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Kwethluk, Alaska, on June 19, 2025, for the canonization ceremony of St. Olga, the first female Orthodox saint in North America.

Now, after an elaborate ceremony in her village of about 800 people in southwestern Alaska, she is the first female Orthodox saint from North America, officially known as “St. Olga of Kwethluk ...

There are several female Catholic saints from North America. They include St. Kateri Tekakwitha, a 17th century Mohawk-Algonquin woman canonized in 2012. An elaborate canonization ceremony ...

St. Olga is the third with Alaska Native heritage, emblematic of how the faith has grafted in with some Indigenous cultures. Most of the state’s Orthodox priests, serving about 80 parishes, are ...