When I think of how many treasures and funny gardening stories that readers have shared with us over the years, many of my favorites involve children finding their way around  …

Normal people (that means nongardeners) think of the rest of us (that means gardeners) as sweet little old ladies with sunhats and flower skirts, humming elevator hits to ourselves as  …

Is there such a thing as gardening romance? If you’ve heard me talk about my wife Becky, you know there is. Becky and I both love the human connection gardening  …

There are many things I love about Spring. The smell in the air as the earth unthaws and the soil emerges again. The sound of birds returning home. The sight of forests of  …

Some days you’re swatting off mealybug and digging trenches to dissuade rogue bunnies, but then other days you find yourself in the dirt chasing off some squash-munching squealing pigs. Oh, that  …

As the kids say, “I found my people” when I read today’s story from Barbara Baker, where she shares her joy of gardening in the form of a watering can  …

I know the feeling of being a garden hoarder. And it’s not that I don’t love to share my harvest … in theory. But sometimes there is a period after  …

I tell myself there are two kinds of gardeners: those who start their own seeds and those who don’t.  …

Do you find connection and regeneration in gardens? Do you speak the language of flowers? Of course you do, because I think, like me, gardening is a source of nourishment  …

"Bee, I'm afraid I have to work late tonight. I've got a whole batch of radio scripts to write, and I'm way behind. You go on to bed. I'll come  …