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GARDENING: Europe's great gardens await
Nothing compares to the real experience
In this connected world of ours, virtual images of some of the world's most famous gardens are easily enough within reach -- Pinterest.com for example -- but are nevertheless only a substitute for actually strolling beneath a canopy of lush . . .
Posted: 2013-01-26
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Herald season with festive arrangement
Holiday decorating all about creativity
THERE are many inspiring ideas for making your own festive holiday arrangements for both indoors and outdoors. The trend today is to combine a variety of natural, fragrant materials with artificial, seasonal materials. In addition to the traditional selections of poinsettias, . . .
Posted: 2011-11-26
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Discovering new flavours
Grow Asian vegetables to switch up your garden offerings
There was a time when growing Asian vegetables amounted to sowing a few Daikon radishes and cultivating some yard-long beans, and then as novelties. But in recent decades, as gardeners — and seed catalogues — have discovered the richness of vegetable . . .
Posted: 2019-05-18
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GARDENING: Front and centre
Expert planting advice to design a welcoming space
If this is the year you're planning to enliven your front-yard landscape, the first step is easy: Talk to an expert. Whether you're starting with a blank slate or just want to give your front yard a makeover, expert advice . . .
Posted: 2014-03-29
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Gardening terms from acid soil to zones
A handy guide for newbies to dig into
IF you're new to gardening, you're probably still working on a few basics. You can tell a pansy from a petunia, but you still haven't quite figured out what the three numbers on the side of a bag of fertilizer . . .
Posted: 2012-07-07
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RENOVATIONS: Sticky situation
A primer on glues and adhesives
There is such a glut of adhesives on the market these days that a person almost needs a pharmacopeia of the glues to understand when, where and how to use them effectively. I thought it might be useful to examine some . . .
Posted: 2014-05-10