Now that my tomato seedlings are underway, I’m turning my attention to planting flowers once again.  I have two large boxes ...

Spring is here, and gardeners everywhere are shaking off the winter doldrums and heading out to their gardens. It’s finally time to get cool-weather seeds in the ground. But too often, I see the same ...

Onions mystify a lot of gardeners, new and old. Let's look at the right way to grow onions, removing two of the biggest ...

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I believe every single garden needs at least one shrub. I still like perennials and ...

The days are getting longer, the light is softening, and there’s a warm breeze in the air. It must be April.  April is one of ...

If you’re not growing roses, another option would be to go foraging for wild edible roses. Most states are home to several ...

Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a hardy perennial herb native to the Mediterranean. As part of the Apiacaea family, it is closely related to carrot, celery, and parsley. This culinary and medicinal ...

While bees and their remarkable raw honey generally get a lot of buzzingly good press, we often lose sight of the other amazing gifts they have to offer. Beeswax is an age-old, renewable material that ...

Are your garden harvests smaller than you dreamed of? Have you come to the realization that your garden may be in a less than an ideal location? Think again. You may be trying to grow the wrong ...

When your primary heating source is wood, you find yourself cleaning out the wood stove quite a bit during those colder months of the year. Before long you’re dumping out your ash bucket once or twice ...