When we want to add color to the garden, most of us set our sights on flowers. But many leaf-forward plants can outlast and even outcompete those...

When I was a kid, I used to help my mother clear leaves the old-fashioned way -- with a rake. These days, I don't see many rakes in my neighborhood....

I recently started my seeds -- tomatoes, cucuzza squash, climbing zucchini, golden beets, Florida cranberries, nasturtiums, zinnias, edelweiss,...

If you recently celebrated Easter, you might be reading this beside a cellophane- or foil-covered pot of lilies, hydrangeas, hyacinths or daffodils....