At what age do parents begin assigning chores to their children? For one family in Northampton, chores began when their children turned 10, helping...
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Remind me not to plant camellias.Not that camellias (Camellia japonica) aren’t wonderful plants, with their elegant, sometimes...
You spent the holidays binging on HGTV, and now visions of shiplap accent walls and freestanding soaking tubs are dancing through your head.Don’t...
Q: I have many partially used packets of vegetable and herb seeds in my refrigerator from the past two years. My mailbox is full of catalogues...
Q: I want to get started this spring growing vegetables and lettuces in containers on my back patio. The problem is, if I’m going to start from...
Hello, readers:We need more questions from you! It takes a village to make a local newspaper happen, and the Ask a (Local) Master Gardener column...
Gardening is in part so deeply satisfying because it has the ability to stoke all of the senses, but none more profoundly than our sense of smell...
Q: I am a brown thumb with houseplants. Is there one I could try that might survive me? —R.S., Whately A: Yes, R.S.! There is hope. As owner of 46...