Living in the north country means having your driveway snow-plowed after every snowfall. Herein comes the dilemma: the snowplow or the garde...

The first spring wildflower is blooming on the edge of dirt roads near marshy areas. At first, i thought they were dandelions, but these bri...

I'm taking cuttings from every leggy houseplant. Now my solarium looks like a do-it-yourself nursery. The purple wandering jew roots so ...

I have this thing about wasting food. I don't like to do it. I'm the person who takes home a doggy bag even though i don't have ...

I have 3 side-by-side compost bins. The newest one is added to every day--garbage and leaves, last fall's dead mums, dead pine needles a...

Johnny-jump-ups ( Viola spp. ) and foxgloves volunteer in abundance out in the vegetable garden. But i don't want them to grow there, i ...

In Native American traditions, March is sometimes called Starvation Moon. By this time of year, last summer's harvests are running low o...