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Growing Winter Pears

Many of the finest pears (Pyrus communis) for growing and eating are harvested to perfection in the winter months. Their […]

Tart, spicy, fragrant fruit butters are great winter treats that can be canned and shared as holiday gifts. Apples and […]

“A rose is a rose is a rose,’ Gertrude Stein famously wrote. But sometimes a rose is not, in fact, […]

Depending on where you live, December is probably a slow time in the garden. The stalks and other debris […]

Halloween has passed, Daylight Savings time has bowed out, and the spring-blooming bulbs have been planted (maybe). It’s time to […]

Butterflies, along with other winged beauties like skippers and moths, bring magic to the garden with their colorful wings […]

Every year the color specialists at Pantone select a “color of the year”. For 2024 the color is “Peach Fuzz”, […]

Hostas are the salvation of many a shade garden. With leaves ranging from pale green to darkest blue-green, […]

In James McNeil Whistler’s famous 1871 painting, Whistler’s Mother, the title subject wears a lace cap and does not appear […]

The old saying goes, “Call me anything you like, but don’t call me late for dinner.” For a long time, […]