A Foxglove is a plant whose flower has petals joined together at the base. Foxglove flowers look like the fingers of a glove, or a bell, and are used as  …

My absolute favorite thing to do every fall is to make an apple pie, or really just about anything with apples. After having fun apple picking, I get to put  …

Today's piece "Islands of Clover" gave me a good chuckle today, because it's a story about a husband and wife, and a battle over weeds in the lawn that is  …

Our human history is linked with the honeybee. Honeybees and their honey have been used in cooking for thousands of years. Honey was given as a medicine and was used  …

"Don't ever let anyone tell you gardens are a luxury," says the author of today's piece, The Most Important Garden, recounting the memory of a mother who sat awaiting an  …

I woke up the other day to a temperature of 55 degrees with a high for the day of 70. I have been trying to be in denial but it  …

I've been growing a garden for years, and have always heard the tales of other gardeners' cross-pollination woes, but it's never happened to me. I was always so careful to  …

Ouch, the pain of moving and building a new garden—I've felt that before, have you? In my case, the yard we moved into had been perfectly manicured before we arrived  …

I am such a fan of all berries. I would love to eat fresh berries all the time. Because of this I decided it was time to start growing them  …

When I think of going back to the days of apartment gardening, a chill runs up my spine. Maybe it's because I always had small porches or none at all,  …