Preparing to face the burden of cutting the lawn the next day, I raised the height on the mulching mower to compensate for the taller grass. After making several passes across the lawn, I noticed what ...

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Do you know which plants can give you a skin rash? It’s not just poison ivy. Being out in nature is good for body, mind, and spirit, but when you come home from your nature walk with an itchy rash — ...

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If Bambi likes to visit your garden, this list is for you.

In the summer of 1973 sunflowers appeared in my father's vegetable garden. They seemed to sprout overnight in a few rows he had lent that year to new neighbors from California. Only six years old at ...