Exploring the wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles
You can fly from Glasgow to the Uist archipelago of the Outer Hebrides, but I think you'd be missing much of the experience and pleasure of getting there. In July,...
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Spring rain may bring Zika to your backyard. Here’s what to do.
The appearance of the Zika virus in our hemisphere, with all its attendant worries for expectant parents, casts a new and darker light on the presence of the Asian tiger...
On Valentine’s Day, skip the red roses – they’re ‘the lazy man’s flower’
Ahead of her Super Bowl appearance, Beyoncé received 10,000 roses from her husband Jay Z. This raises a number of questions: Did Jay Z arrange to have them delivered to...
Amaryllis provides blooming drama when gardeners really need it
The big, red blowsy amaryllis has positioned itself as a holiday bloom, but I'm with Christian Curless, a horticulturist who raises and sells this Samson of flowering bulbs. Dutch-grown bulbs...
Harvesting ideas from an Irish garden
Gardeners tend to be so rooted in their own patch that they forget to look at what others are doing. When I say "they," I mean "I." So while visiting...
Off with the old wallpaper
Removing old, unstrippable wallpaper is widely known to be a miserable chore, but we found a technique that made pretty short work of it. *Wearing rubber gloves and safety glasses,...
Woodlot owners see forest beyond trees
For decades, Americans who grew up in city and suburb have been buying country properties as a haven. But with the generally affluent Baby Boom generation now on a pre-retirement...