Every garden has a story, and that's why we created Backyard Stories. Explore our collection of real-life gardening tales told from the backyards of gardeners we know and love, featuring all the ups and downs, trials and errors, hits and misses, and more.
Aquariums are incredibly versatile. While I don’t do live fish anymore (yes, there’s a story!), I still keep an aquarium in the living room. It’s . . .
From containers to window boxes, the smallest of growing spaces can offer valuable habitat for local wildlife, as well as pollinating insects. While most people . . .
Growing up in central Alaska, summer was short and precious. The long, 8-month night of winter yielded almost unwillingly to a muddy spring, then suddenly . . .
Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a hot topic, along with all the other factors contributing to our decline of bee population, so serious focus . . .
I enjoy using plants from the garden when making my family’s favorite recipes. Whether it’s the distinctive flavor of homegrown tomatoes or I’m coping with . . .
Every year we plan a vegetable garden but until fairly recently it was plotted out in a standard rectangular garden plot. Then two things happened”¦ . . .