Throughout 2020, University of Maryland Extension Master Gardener Sherry Frick worked with the Jane Gates Heritage Foundation to design and build educational gardens for the historic home-turned-museum and community center in Cumberland.
The deadly winter storms that have wreaked havoc in large swaths of the country recently can also damage trees and shrubs.
Deep into this pandemic winter, it can be hard to remember what a refuge gardens were last spring and summer.
When wildlife illustrator Emily Poole found a dead pine siskin behind her local bookstore in Eugene, Ore., in January, she called her partner, who works at a bird-feeding supply store.
Our five-month-old yellow Lab eats everything from mulch to electric cords, but when Abbie started in on our Trailing Fish Hooks succulent I realized I needed to make sure she wouldn’t come to harm from eating our houseplants.
Formed over 10,000 years ago by melting glaciers that overflowed the Susquehanna River valley, the Chesapeake Bay is a timeless treasure of the Mid-Atlantic.
Tree Frederick is accepting orders for trees through Feb. 28.
The deadly winter storms that have wreaked havoc in large swaths of the country recently can also damage trees and shrubs.
Deep into this pandemic winter, it can be hard to remember what a refuge gardens were last spring and summer.
When wildlife illustrator Emily Poole found a dead pine siskin behind her local bookstore in Eugene, Ore., in January, she called her partner,…
Our five-month-old yellow Lab eats everything from mulch to electric cords, but when Abbie started in on our Trailing Fish Hooks succulent I r…
Formed over 10,000 years ago by melting glaciers that overflowed the Susquehanna River valley, the Chesapeake Bay is a timeless treasure of th…
Tree Frederick is accepting orders for trees through Feb. 28.
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It was a tough year here on Earth, but 2020 was a bright spot for space exploration. SpaceX sent its futuristic Starship to new heights, three…
Times of economic and political turmoil have the predictable effect of turning people to the garden plot, principally to generate food but als…
If any room in our homes got a workout last year, it was the kitchen. Cooking and baking were popular for both practical and relaxing reasons.
As we continue to sequester ourselves at home, many of us are adding more houseplants to our homes or apartments and planning for expansion of…
Wilmington, Del., is a rather dull place, we are told, that sits in the shadow of its illustrious neighbor, Philadelphia, some 30 miles to the north.
Whether they are flickering in the background on Zoom meetings or simply bringing the aroma of memorable faraway places to our living rooms, c…
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When Danae Horst and her husband, Bill, owners of plant nursery Folia Collective in Los Angeles, looked around in March, "we thought we were d…
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