You don’t have to rely on your local florist for a gorgeous bouquet. Try these simple strategies to design elegant bouquets. February is a good month to fill your house with flowers. You can buy an arrangement of flowers from … 
Often we plant our seeds, transplant our seedlings, and dig in the dirt all for the enjoyment of gardening. As gardeners we’ve gotten good (or tried to get good) at weeding, mulching, fertilizing, pruning, and propagating, but a key aspect …
Mid-winter is by far the itchiest time of year for a gardener. No, I’m not talking about rashes, but the desire to get back outside and work in the garden, yet the temperatures are still too cold and unstable for planting. …
by Janet Clark Valentine’s Day is a holiday which is celebrated in many places around the world, as I learned today from my students in the English as a Second Language class. In Bosnia, it’s called “Valentino Day,” and in …
So, it’s Valentine’s Day…. Maybe you ignore eating healthy on this day or perhaps you try to eat mindfully even on holidays. Or, you’re in a slump and don’t feel like baking cookies and cakes and you don’t want to …
Did you can any of your garden goodies? Well, even if you didn’t you can still make this. I used store-bought tomatoes in this recipe I created and they worked just fine. I simply threw stuff in as I went …
I don’t know about the weather where you live, but we’ve had the oddest season this year. I live in Zone 6B, the Piedmont area of Virginia. Our winter weather varies from mild to severe, depending on the year. Sometimes …
Every year at about this time, I update my winter rescue plan. I walk around the yard wrapped up against the cold and look carefully at what is in my garden and what is not. When I see something blooming …
Have you checked your house plants lately? That’s not an idle question. Often we treat house plants like fixed objects; we bring them into the house, set them on their windowsill, water them once a week and forget them. But …
Ever hit a slump during your day? You feel like you need a nap so badly – but you just don’t have time. You have to wade through the slump and keep pressing forward, right? Well, you don’t have to …
