I love deer. They're such graceful, beautiful creatures, and I love looking out of my window and seeing them stroll through the yard. However, I also love my garden and  …

Illustrated by Linda Cook Devona I only started keeping a garden diary a few years ago. Most of it would probably be pretty boring to random readers. There are no juicy  …

How's the back? Has it stopped aching yet? Charles Dudley Warner said: "What one needs in gardening is a cast-iron back with a hinge in it." He was right! Mine's  …

When it comes to watering your vegetable garden, you have a few different choices to make. You can create drip irrigation systems, place soaker hoses in your garden, and even  …

I have always been fascinated by fairy gardens. As a child, I completely believed in fairies. I was convinced that they lived in nooks and crannies. They used buttercups to  …

The Winter of 2025 has already recorded record losses of bee colonies. But the good news is, honeybees are highly prolific and with the help of proper management, restoring these  …

Have you ever been working on something in the kitchen and wishing for a tool to make life just a little easier? It can’t just be me! Well, it happens  …

As much as I love harvesting a bowl of sweet peas or enjoying an heirloom tomato right off the vine, part of the fun of gardening is planting raised garden  …

Whenever I get to write about composting, I get that feeling you have when you’ve discovered a great new TV show and want to share all about it with your  …

There’s a lot to be said for solitude. Henry David Thorough once wrote, “I have never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” Sometimes the joy of gardening isn’t  …