When the temperature drops below freezing, you get the perfect conditions to make and display beautiful ice luminaries.

That’s a very thoughtful gift. But I’m about to move 800 miles away. I’ve always thought that people who love plants generally tend to be generous. In my neighborhood alone, there are three little ...

I like to think of myself as a writer who gardens and a gardener who writes. I was hooked into this lifestyle more than a decade ago, when I decided that my new husband’s tomato patch had to be ...

When it comes to living Christmas decorations, it’s hard to top the Christmas cactus. This perennial favorite is known and loved for its tropical blooms that show up around the holidays every year. It ...

I think you could call it a tradition by now for me to introduce our readers to weird plants in the winter months. Once the gardening season is truly at a standstill, which usually happens in December ...

I don’t know about you, but I love the look of greens tucked around my home for the holidays. Nothing says Christmas more than pine boughs and sprigs of holly. Not to mention, it’s pretty hard to beat ...

Kombucha is gaining popularity as a drink of choice not only for its delicious taste, but its health benefits too. Kombucha is chock full of probiotics and antioxidants. Many people believe that ...

Well, hello, szia and bună ziua! My name is Cheryl Magyar and I am a homesteader, organic no-dig gardener and preserver of fruits, vegetables, herbs and life in general. I'm also a forager and a ...

A beautiful and delicious tomato is a gardener’s prize. This does not, however, rule out the fact that sometimes things go wrong with our tomatoes and we have to buckle … ...

I am a writer, lifelong plant lover, permaculture gardener, and unabashed nature nerd. I’m endlessly fascinated by the natural world and its curious inner workings – from the invisible microbes in ...

Elizabeth Waddington is a writer, permaculture designer and green living consultant. She is a practical, hands-on gardener, with a background in philosophy: (an MA in English-Philosophy from St ...