5 Trees to Plant Instead of Bradford Pear
Widely planted as a street tree, in the parking lots, and in home landscapes, they’re impossible to miss: oval-canopied trees with a mantle of white flowers so thick that it …
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Maple Sage Baked Pear Recipe
I’m going to warn you, the delectable baked pear recipe you’re about to embark on is not a health food recipe. It might look innocent, but it’s a heavenly dessert. …
Unearthing British Garden Trends and a Weedy Revolution
Hello green-thumbed comrades and fellow plant enthusiasts! It's your intrepid gardening reporter, Don Nicholas, back from a horticultural expedition that took me straight to the heart of English gardening wisdom—the …
The Resilient Pears: A Backyard Odyssey
Growing up, our backyard was a battleground of survival, with one constant: the unyielding pear trees. In a garden where Dad's green thumb often turned deadly, these pears stood defiant …
A Simple Guide to Fruit Tree Companion Plants
We know basil and tomatoes taste great together, and they grow well together in the garden. We know corn, beans, and squash are great garden companions. But vegetables and herbs …
Avocados Grow on Trees
Ah, the memories of growing up in the land of abundant fruits and vegetables. It was like living in a produce paradise, with a dash of suburban wisdom from dear …
8 Recipes for a Garden-to-Table Holiday Dinner
Doesn't the idea of having all the ingredients you need (or at least most of them) for a big holiday dinner sound like fun? No more elbowing around the farmers …
Help! Holiday Houseplants!
Fairview, North Carolina, is close enough to the nearest real city—Asheville—to be within easy driving range, yet far enough away to still feel a bit like the country. There’s an …
A Long-Ago Christmas
Her white hair was put up in a bun, and her pink cotton housedress reached down to her ankles. She sat in an old wooden rocker with a large glass …
Fruit Hoarder
I am out for a walk in early June in Seattle when Anna, our neighbor on the corner, alerts me about her pears: “There’re going to be a lot of …
