If the idea of a tree talking makes you think of fantasy stories with elves and wizards, we are of the same mind. I'll admit my first thought is of  …

There’s a special kind of desperation that sets in around mid-January when you’re parenting a seven-year-old. The holiday decorations come down, revealing the sad reality of your living room. The  …

My family and my family garden have both grown over the years. My very first gardens were me and some of my favorite herbs. Then, gradually, I added a few  …

If your idea of a fun afternoon is reading academic research papers, just Google "Salmonella in compost." You'll get titles like Cascading effects of composts and cover crops on soil chemistry, bacterial  …

Today's piece about a healing garden might need a trigger warning, as beautiful as it is. If you're a woman (or are partnered with one), by the time you reach  …

Is your backyard less of a yard and more of a concrete desert? Or maybe the terrain is too rocky or uneven for you to live out your vegetable garden  …

So you’re growing wheat. Maybe you’re a homesteader living your best Little House on the Prairie fantasy, or perhaps you’re a small-scale farmer who got tired of explaining to  …

The secret to lemon tree success? Knowing what your tree needs when it needs it. Think of this as your tree's Google Calendar, except instead of Zoom meetings, it's "prune  …

When I started my first vegetable garden I went a little tool-crazy. I bought every type of shovel, shear, and weeding gadget marketed to me at big box home and  …

"Ugh! You have raspberries!" is one thing I can always count on my mother to say when she visits my house. As I've let our once-manicured flower gardens turn into  …