Easier and quicker ways to sow, plant, weed, feed and enjoy the harvests in their best season, based on timings in Charles Dowding's Diary. It's a perpetual diary, pub. No Dig Garden 2016 new revised ...

There comes a point in your life when you realize that you probably can’t have it all. This applies not only to those big aspirations of ours — the ’round the world trip, the perfectly renovated dream ...

It is official! We are in the mid-winter doldrums. The days seem to be continuously cloudy and gray, and although the weather forecasters keep talking about the daylight hours growing longer, it is ...

Rain dapples the surface of a newly opened 'Warsaw Nike' clematis in the author's garden. I had a note the other day from a friend who casually mentioned -- in a discussion about backyard birds, ...

Dear Diary, yes it's me again. What's that? You haven't heard from me in a long time? I do not need any sarcastic remarks from you, Dear Diary. This year I have promised myself I will faithfully keep ...

When I look back to the beginning of my garden journal, I am surprised to see that I have been gardening here at Scout’s Run for 20 years. Like the perennials that endure from year to year, I have ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...