Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Your phone and social media love to remind you what you were doing on this day a year ago, or five. It’s a good way to marvel at how things have changed, and how your kids have grown. It can also tell ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I don’t know why I remembered the other day that Dad had a garden diary. He ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Do you keep a gardening diary? It is one of those good intentions which seldom translate into reality. This ...

You would think that with three-quarters of an acre to call my own, I would have plenty of room to plant whatever strikes my fancy. When I first looked at all this beautiful space, I envisioned ...

Those first few weeks after installing my frontyard vegetable garden, I was aware of every inch of growth: that the Japanese eggplants had developed little purple nodules, that the spinach was ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I have an urge to break the basic gardening rule about clearing beds before planting. I may have spent the past ...

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If you want to try your hand at straw bale gardening next spring, you might want to think about getting your order for bales into your local garden center now. Last spring, a number of garden centers ...