As a veggie gardener, I've come across a few garden tools that seem bizarre at first glance but have genuinely helped me keep my plants healthier, pests under control, and  …

Imagine making pesto and only needing to step outside to your backyard to grab more basil, or realizing how refreshing mint would be in your tea and picking it from  …

I might be biased, but if you live in an apartment, container gardening is an easy way to give your space some personality and flare (not to mention some free  …

The other day, a friend of mine was working on a science project with her elementary schooler. It was the classic, but still really cool, experiment where you learn how  …

What would you say are your favorite holiday memories? For me, so much of it has to do with our Christmas tree. When I was young, we'd get ours from  …

Sometimes I think that if I spend time daydreaming about my spring garden, it will somehow conjure warmer weather and send the snowy New England chill packing! Before sketching out  …

Fresh fruit, plucked from a tree, is magical. Picking that sun-ripened, juicy peach right off the branch and biting into the soft, fuzzy fruit is the essence of a hot  …

You don't have to believe in Zeus or Ra to believe that there is a fruit god. In fact, there might be a fruit god somewhere near you right now!  …

Remember dinner parties? Sigh. Me too. I’m optimistic that they’re making a comeback soon, though and I want to be ready. I was looking for different ways to level up  …

How often should you water herbs indoors? There is a little more to the answer than just the wind, but that does play a part. Or more accurately, the weather  …