As the vibrant colors of your garden fade and autumn gives way to the quiet chill of winter, it can be tempting to tidy ...

The author’s early fiction, written in tribute to her friend Mary Violet Dickinson, shows her in a startling new light.

Got a problem with invasive ground cover weeds in your yard? Learn which plants are a problem and how to stop them in their ...

Long before “A Room of One’s Own,” a 25-year-old Virginia Woolf wrote a trio of fairy tales about a woman named Violet, plain ...

The Valley in Bloom The air is crisp and thin atop Horton Plains, the morning mist curling like breath over the rolling ...

As I mentioned in last week’s column, I have a squirrel who has made itself at home in my garden, so maybe I benefited from ...

There's no doubt that blue flowers look gorgeous, but they come at a price if they're weeds. Save yourself the constant ...

Gardening brings a special kind of joy, from watching seeds sprout to seeing your yard burst into color. But if you’re a ...

When I think of a carrot, I think of Warner Brothers’ Bugs Bunny crunching on a carrot saying,” What’s up, Doc!” Well old ...

As summer fades away and fall settles in, birds in North America begin preparing for the cold season—and your yard can become a vital fuelling station for these feathered visitors. By planting the ...

Despite persistent myths dating back to 1948, these fuzzy Isabella tiger moth larvae can't actually predict seasonal extremes.

Bees are in a late-season frenzy to fill their home pantries with nectar and pollen, they shake and move to make their quotas ...