Eighteen months ago, I covered a large portion of my backyard with the seeds of white clover (Trifolium repens), also known as Dutch clover. This is the classic clover that grows in lawns and is ...

America’s biodiverse meadows of days gone by slowly gave way to French- and English-style turfgrass lawns. By the late 1800s, the neatly trimmed grass lawn had become a symbol of wealth. The invention ...

This has been a tough winter for reflecting on the pleasures of gardening. Leaving aside the political news, the weather has taxed my spirits. The deep cold spell we had, with frigid temperatures ...