Okay, okay, I confess: I have a pampered yard. She is weed-free and meticulously managed by both my husband and myself. Good luck to any...

These are demoralizing words for us New York gardeners to hear in spring. The snow storm this past weekend didn't help our morale. While...

Hotel du Temps (meaning "an experience beyond time" I savor one last bite of my chewy croissant noisette (hazelnut), not caring that the...

This book is blowing my rational mind. It’s helping me to pay attention to feelings: the kind of attention I paid when I was 14 ...

This year I gave up on petunias. While I love their happy faces and scent, the upkeep was not worth the trouble. By late summer they...

Plants, like children, may take a while to fully bloom. Even though you till the soil and add the best amendments that you can; you...

My thoughts were cold; stunted under the layers I had piled on for an early spring bike ride. My legs felt heavy as I pushed my pedals...

A hush of snow fell suddenly from the cedars.  A branch snapped and dropped to the ground. The birds, that had been so well hidden among...

Some years are just better than others for tomato plants. We’ve probably all watched that awful brown, blight creep over what looked to...