Last month brought us snow upon snow upon snow. Gardeners should welcome a thick blanket of snow because it’s the best possible protection for...
When I was growing up in Virginia, my mother took my siblings and me on frequent bird-watching junkets. We fought over the family copy of Roger...
When most people think of saffron they think of exotic, faraway places like Iran, Turkey and India — certainly not western Massachusetts. But...
Bob and Lura Bieda of Easthampton have been bird-watching together for decades, but in the last year they have focused their binoculars on...
Give a child a box of crayons and a piece of paper, and ask for a flower, and you very likely will get a picture of a daisy.Daisies also hold...
One of my favorite gardening tasks of early summer is planting the two large round pots on the patio. I love to wander the aisles at Andrew’s...
It’s been a while since I wrote about New Yorkers’ fascination with tomato plants. As I have observed in past columns, tomato plants show up in the...
Springtime brings us many gifts in the garden, as perennials and bulbs break their dormancy and send tender green shoots forth from the earth. But...