Barbara Damrosch

A columnist signs off with a gentle plea for the microbes.

Try cutting a limb, cultivating a new space or building a cold frame.

These useful ingredients can serve an aesthetic purpose, too.

Just stuff daylily flowers with cheese and fry them to a golden crisp.

The real enemy is time.

Speed things up by using the oven and stovetop simultaneously.

Weather, soil and other factors play a role.

Don’t be fooled by Mexican mint marigold’s name.

The tasty Colorado Star is the first purple artichoke bred for annual production.