It’s the color of a moonless night, of tuxedos and famous little cocktail dresses.  But it’s never before

The Victorian motto: If a little is good a lot is better.  While they went a bit overboard

I found this nearly FREE idea in the ancient place of the flowers, Xochemilco, off the beaten path in Mexico.

English ivy suffers a most profound duality.  While at once refusing to grow where we want it to, escapees

The collard greens of the deep South are among the most nutritious crops you can grow.  They are just

Sequestered in the tropical furnace of the Mojave Desert at the south end of Palm Springs lies a botanical garden

Highbrow designers call them portals. You also might hear them referred to as transitional spaces. In the language of the

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Don’t panic if your best efforts to plant and tend flowers for your backyard wedding

The natural beauty of an Asian inspired garden wedding lends a note of serenity to this setting. Simple planting without

Hand sown cornflowers fill my spring garden with a landscape of vivid blues. These lowly half wild plants captured my

This is my very favorite shot from El Dia De Los Muertos in Oaxaca, Mexico. This is one of the

The contents of a bin of flour does not move. Small black bugs should not gather at the bottom of

Is the dreaded flu breaks out in your house, there is a natural home remedy growing all over the desert.

A thin coat of ice covered a part of the [Walden] pond but melted around the edge of the shore.

Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut? Open thine eyes and

No two trees are alike. And their individuality is no imperfection. On the contrary: the perfection of each created thing

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to