Seed and nursery catalogs are out and we're on the road to planning our 2024 gardens. Catalogs are more than just pictures. They are reference books, telling us what will and won't grow here or how ...

I fell in love with Rudyard Kipling before my voice changed, memorized several of his poems, and still remember them.Some of them. Parts of them. A calligraphic copy of “If” hangs prominently in my ...

Garden catalogs are arriving in the mail with regular frequency these days, and I'm sure I'm not the only gardener drooling over the gorgeous pictures of new plants and cultivars. Many folks use ...

Here are some new, or newly available, plants for 2008 that piqued our interest. It's too soon to say exactly where most of them will be available, but if a source is not listed keep an eye out for ...

I expect to get fewer catalogs this year ... Internet and all that. I'm bummed. I love catalogs for the visual experience as much as the plants. It's understandable, though. I figure if my budget is ...