Jane Kenyon reflects on the work and waiting for a week, a day, an hour of glorious excess when peonies bloom in this timeless essay from the Yankee archives.
Gardens
Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) is an invasive vine that’s become a serious threat to some of our natural habitats in New England. Find out how to control it from spreading too far.
By filling your garden with plants that attract hummingbirds, you’ll entice these delightful “flying jewels.” Here are five flowers that get the job done.
Are Jack-in-the-pulpits poisonous? Learn how to identify this mysterious woodland plant and read about its unique history and growth habits.
A garden photographer’s garden offers a master class in composition. Tour Joseph Valentine’s Juniper Hill Farm in Francestown, New Hampshire.
These ten shade-loving plants are great for sprucing up even the darkest corners of your garden with foliage and flowers.
Gardens
How to Plant Concord Grapes
Learn how to plant Concord grapes, how to care for them, and even how to build a grape vine trellis with our guide to growing Concord grapes.
Writers have compared the song of the spring peeper frog to distant sleigh bells or silver pipes, but to the tiny frogs themselves, they are mating calls. To us, they are a sign of spring.
Gardens
How to Prune Houseplants
Learn how to prune houseplants the right way so that plants look lush and healthy all year long.
Learn how to make a mini greenhouse out of a recyclable plastic container so that you can start seeds and small plants indoors!
Skunk cabbage earned its homely name by its aroma, but the odor (which has been described as “a mixture of rubber tires and garlic”) and the purple-blotched color of its “cabbage,” are a ploy for survival.
Don’t throw your Shamrock plant away after Saint Patrick’s Day! Follow these shamrock plant care tips to keep shamrocks healthy year-round.