Some foliage plants surprise in spring rather than fall. Siberian bugloss (Brunnera), for instance, is beloved for its ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

While American holly is native just south of Indiana in portions of Kentucky, there is a deciduous holly known as winterberry (Ilex verticillata) that is native to wetlands scattered throughout ...

I can see him in memory, my fluffy Maine coon cat with a plume of a tail, trotting beside me on the first day of gardening ...

The wooden staircase that leads to my bedroom is narrow and steep, and it creaks in a noisy way that might say, “haunted house” to most ears. To mine, those ...

To add subtle charm to the garden during the darkest months, try leaning into contrast: light and dark, shadow and gloss, ...

We’re trying to put back the trees that used to be in Ellsworth. There’s too much pavement in the world, we need to add more ...

This rock was one of the most appealing features of our new home on Mill River Lane in Shelburne. It was different shades of ...

Now that the weather is cooling, you might notice that some of the plants we encounter look nothing like their mid-summer ...

Tucked away on Dock Road, The Alna Store has drawn praise from the James Beard Foundation to The New York Times. Owner Jasper ...

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Some seeds they've tried have been a bust. Others are doing surprisingly well, like a native plant called pickleweed and a ...