As avid plant and food lovers, little brings us more joy and hope after a long, frigid winter than seeing spring's first shoots pop up out of the soil. Along with asparagus, hearty leafy greens, peas, ...

Garlic scapes, the green shoots that appear in late spring and early summer from hard neck varieties of garlic, offer a ...

At first glance, these two vegetables may look similar, but when you look closer, you see there are telltale differences, ...

Egg prices might still be kind of a mess, but if you have a problem with blossom end rot on your tomato plants, you can get a little extra mileage out of those pricey hen fruits by turning their ...

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

If I haven't mentioned it in this column before, my backyard is a jungle. When I moved into my house in the dead of winter a few years ago, the yard looked serene, blanketed in snow. Then spring came, ...