Recently I was at my mother-in-law’s in Minneapolis. Her yard was exploding with blooms and color. She has a raised yard with a graceful slope to the sidewalk in front of her house. The ground cover ...

Acclaimed hair designer and educator Mary Beth Janssen aims to help readers achieve harmony in both mind and body with Naturally Healthy Hair (Storey Publishing, 1999). Jansenn has long been a voice ...

Many of the wildflowers you can see blooming along roads and in fields came over from Europe with the settlers. Soapwort is no exception. This pink phlox-like flower is currently the star of the ...

THE pink-flowered soapwort has been flowering by roadsides in many parts of the country, mainly the east, for a few weeks now. This is an eye-catching plant because of its soft pink colour, a shade ...

While garden walls are highly functional because they provide privacy, hold back slopes, and divide your yard into different zones, a plain wall might not be all that attractive. Even though there are ...

The beetroot, vodka and olive oil on my shopping list could be the ingredients for a delicious soup or salad. The beeswax, vegetable glycerine and dried soapwort root, however, don't sound quite so ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...