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

I walked outside to this lovely sight: a Praying Mantis perched on my rustic cross. It was going to be a good day. Humans have always...

By Cynthia Thomas We were gathered for this somber celebration. All dressed in our summer black and huddled together on a pavilion...

While March went out like a lamb and April showed real promise, this May has been more like "Mayn't," what with the cool temperatures and...

Hello from Virginia where we’ve had a mild winter and some unseasonably warm days which has the saucer magnolia and cherry trees already...

The sheer spray rises from the crest of a powerful wave and curls around the backside, much as a surfer would do down the face; sliding...

O, how the flowers have bloomed this fall! After a hot, dry August in New York, the refreshing rains and cool breezes of Autumn brought...

I took a deep breath and adjusted my feet. The soft grass glistened in the morning sun. Light and heat warmed my limbs and I breathed it...

A little hint of bright orange caught our eye here and there in the garden this past week: Just a low-growing, chickweed-looking ground...

Rain slapped the roof. Wind whistled through the trees. The shutters. My soul. It sounded like someone was moving furniture in the next...