Last summer i read Animal,Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Although i didn't make a conscious decision to become a localvore, ...

Arctic winds are racking the body of Mother Earth here in the Northeast. After the rally of the January thaw, and just when we thought, Yes,...

Sitting on the sofa in the evening, looking through seed catalogs is surely the first harbinger of spring. Page by page, possible vegetables...

The January thaw has arrived. Drip. Drip. Drip. The snow on the roof is melting and will soon avalanche off the north side of the house. The...

My variegated Dracaena is blooming for the first time. A first-grade teacher gave it to me 7 years ago after i spent the school year as a vo...

In the fall, i transplant some annuals into flowerpots. Begonias, polka-dot plant, and geraniums perform well in a sunny window, but by Janu...

A crimson cardinal perches in a snow-covered apple tree, considering whether he will fly to the bird feeder. Chickadees flit from tree to fe...