The Woman's Workbench

Moving young seedlings (and houseplants) that have been growing inside your home to a garden outside can be a traumat...

Greenhouses come in all shapes and sizes.  A small container with seed starting mix and a clear plastic top serves as...

Can you answer these 15 True/False and multiple choice questions?  Many of the answers can be found in earlier Curiou...

In The Old Farmers Almanac there is a name given to each full moon of the year. These are mostly adapted from early N...

The Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen-- It’s not always easy to find organically grown produce, but one nonprofit group c...

We consulted with our friend, horticulturist Ruth Rogers Clausen, about pruning shrubs in the fall. There are primari...

Cinderellas, snowballs, goblins and knuckleheads. Knuckleheads? You know them by their all-encompassing name: pumpkin...

If your natural surroundings are anything like mine, there is an untapped bounty of plants unrecognized for their nut...

For some perennials, it is especially difficult to move or divide them. You plant them, they thrive, then you decide ...

A tussie mussie or nosegay is a small bouquet of scented herbs and flowers. For centuries, going back to Elizabethan ...

Have you ever thought of creating a garden composed of flowers grown with the express purpose of being cut for floral...

The steps I put in leading down to the pond and stream are made of wood.  I chose to make wood steps because the cost...