Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

New gardeners have no need to reinvent the wheelbarrow — the best advice can be gleaned from years of experience, shared ...

An obsessive gardener, Carl Klaus, who recently retired as head of the University of Iowa’s non-fiction writing program, often tells friends that, after he dies, he wishes to return as a tomato. Given ...

There comes a point in your life when you realize that you probably can’t have it all. This applies not only to those big aspirations of ours — the ’round the world trip, the perfectly renovated dream ...

It is useful too as a guide to small garden management, with its assessments of the best cultivars (including an index of ...

When I look back to the beginning of my garden journal, I am surprised to see that I have been gardening here at Scout’s Run for 20 years. Like the perennials that endure from year to year, I have ...

It is official! We are in the mid-winter doldrums. The days seem to be continuously cloudy and gray, and although the weather forecasters keep talking about the daylight hours growing longer, it is ...

Gardeners, it's time to get down on your knees for the only ritual I know that will guarantee an auspicious start to your spring. I'm not talking about some wild and woolly pagan rite, but the humble ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I don’t know why I remembered the other day that Dad had a garden diary. He ...

If you want to try your hand at straw bale gardening next spring, you might want to think about getting your order for bales into your local garden center now. Last spring, a number of garden centers ...