For serial renovators, a compulsive drive to get it right.

An escapee from a hospice turns up on the Vinyard, wisecracking.

A Chicago family stumbles on the 21st century, and decides to live there.

The garden is calling, but sometimes its demands can be overwhelming.

I love hollyhocks but cannot grow them because of rust, which laughs at every fungicide I try. The hollyhocks my grandmother grew more than 60 years ago didn’t have this problem. Did she have a special trick, or is this a new disease?

Help landscape plants cope with deepening drought
Lincolnton Journal, GA - Jun 29, 2006
… Annual and perennial plants have shallow roots and are among the first landscape plants to show moisture stress. If daily wilting …

Help landscape plants cope with deepening drought - Early County News
3 Jul 2006 at 9:31pm

Help landscape plants cope with deepening drought
Early County News, GA - Jul 3, 2006
Before the panic strikes in your yard, here are a number of things you can do to help your plants make the best use of the water they have. …

Whiteflies Moving From Cotton Fields to Back Yards - AgNews
24 Jul 2006 at 7:04am

Whiteflies Moving From Cotton Fields to Back Yards
AgNews, TX - Jul 24, 2006
They can be seen outdoors almost everywhere ? flying through the air en masse, on windshields, in joggers' faces and among landscape plants. …
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Dealing with the Japanese beetle (News 10 Now)
23 Jul 2006 at 4:28am
Japanese beetles are everywhere in Upstate New York landscapes right now. Keep in mind they feed on over 300 different types of plants, and despite the damage you may be seeing, it is mostly aesthetic, particularly with landscape plants.

Devil's club provokes hatred, worship among Alaskans (Anchorage Daily News)
25 Jul 2006 at 4:00am
The very mention of the name — devil's club — generates a dramatic response, something akin to cultural nostalgia mixed with pure dread. And if you live in Alaska, chances are you have a devil's club story to tell.

Ten years ago we'd hardly heard of hebes, and now it's a rare gardener who doesn't depend on these tough little shrubs…

Peter Stoner is principal and founder of Peter Stoner Architects, an eight-person firm established in 1979, with offices near Lake Union. Stoner's wife, Linda, works as a designer…

For city dwellers with limited room, the planting strip between the sidewalk and the street can be a canvas for growing edible plants. Alden Gannon and his…

Here's a solution for the gardener who lugs tools around the yard. The wheelbarrow caddy features angled pockets — so you can empty…

Jim Honold's heart is fully in his art as this "accidental metal designer" invites you to gild your garden.